- From: Durham, Heather <heather.durham@pearson.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:49:44 -0700
- To: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
- Cc: Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl>, "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
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Zooming can be suppressed, though. So, you can prevent someone from zooming, but you can still resize the text. Regards, Heather On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com> wrote: > Ø I skimmed 1.4, but that doesn’t seem to say whether text should be > scaled independently from he layout. In other words, is page zoom equal to > text scaling? > > > > Page zoom (if not blocked or disrupted by the author) can be used to me SC > 1.4.4 resize of text. People may disagree on this – but this is current > the case through sufficient techniques that were created by the WCAG > working group. > > > > Jonathan > > > > Jonathan Avila > > Chief Accessibility Officer > SSB BART Group > jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com > > 703.637.8957 (o) > Follow us: Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/#!/ssbbartgroup> | Twitter > <http://twitter.com/#!/SSBBARTGroup> | LinkedIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/355266?trk=tyah> | Blog > <http://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog> | Newsletter <http://eepurl.com/O5DP> > > > > *From:* Durham, Heather [mailto:heather.durham@pearson.com] > *Sent:* Friday, January 15, 2016 9:30 AM > *To:* Michiel Bijl > *Cc:* Patrick H. Lauke; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > *Subject:* Re: Allowing font size changes > > > > Page zoom is different from font size change. > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl> wrote: > > > > If you think it's the web content author's job to patch up > hidden/insufficient functionality of browsers on tablets/smartphones, then > sure, adding a custom in-page tool for text resizing is the way to go. > Personally, I tend to think it's the responsibility of UA developers to > provide functionality like that to their users (e.g. > https://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG20/#g-1-4) > > I agree that this should be a UA thing. I’m merely asking if such a > functionality is available in tablets, smartphones, etc. For example, iOS > offers a Text Size option under Display settings in settings.app, but that > doesn’t translate to web content. I’m not familiar with any option on any > mobile platform that offers such a functionality (text size for web > content). > > I skimmed 1.4, but that doesn’t seem to say whether text should be scaled > independently from he layout. In other words, is page zoom equal to text > scaling? > > —Michiel > > > > > > > -- > > Heather Durham > > Accessibility SQA, HEd > > Pearson North America > > 2154 East Commons Ave. > > Suite 4000 > > Centennial, CO > > 80122 > > USA > > *Pearson * > > Always Learning > Learn more at www.pearson.com > -- Heather Durham Accessibility SQA, HEd Pearson North America 2154 East Commons Ave. Suite 4000 Centennial, CO 80122 USA *Pearson * Always Learning Learn more at www.pearson.com
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