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Re: Pinch zoom

From: Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 16:23:44 -0700
Message-ID: <CAJeQ8SAZC_EUSuwA-XA06QrZRZLPFQD9mZexz9z79ZCxp=TBAQ@mail.gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
Cc: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Jonathan you nailed it. Many mobile sites are just unreadable.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
wrote:

> > Would it make sense to specifically prohibiting authors from disabling
> pinch zoom?
>
> Technically No becuaee SC 1.4.4 can be met through in page controls as
> well as following system fonts which follow the large text setting in the
> platform preferences.
>
> Practically speaking blocking pinch zoom is the hallmark of this failure
> on mobile because other methods are not provided to meet SC 1.4.4.
>
> Jonathan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 10, 2016, at 6:57 AM, David MacDonald <david@can-adapt.com> wrote:
>
> Would it make sense to specifically prohibiting authors from disabling
> pinch zoom?
>
> Cheers,
> David MacDonald
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