- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:10:16 +0000
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Apologies, forwarded to the wrong list...it was meant for the public Mobile A11Y TF -- Patrick H. Lauke > On 18 Dec 2015, at 17:00, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote: > > (Copying back the list, as Alan sent it just to me) > >> On 18/12/2015 16:40, ALAN SMITH wrote: >> Can't we stick with a physical value as a guideline and let developers >> use their skills to meet it? > > Not if there is no way for developers to actually do that, as extensively described already in this thread, no. Devs can't detect the physical size of the device/screen, so they have no point of reference to decide what values they must use in their CSS to achieve a particular physical size. > >> Correct me but do we always tell developers how to specifically and >> technically meet every other guideline? I thought part of WCAG was to be >> technology independent. > > We don't ask developers that they must do something that they have no way to actually do, no. > > P > -- > Patrick H. Lauke > > www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke > http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com > twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke >
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