Re: 1.4.10 Reflow

I thought about this very questions many times. But as a user of a smartwatch I know, there are displays smaller than a smartphone.
Also I’m a freund of sustainability and cheaper smartphones sold some years ago are still in use - and used bei people, that might at least have the possibility to zoom a little bit put to 133 or 150%.

Also your assumptions of screen sizes are relying on your personal experience. 1% of the richest own half of the money. I think, you forget, what kind of computers you might find in less developed countries. WCAG is not a US standard or er EU guideline - and even in this areas we have poor people that use hardware they maybe found somewhere on the garbage. Also in hospitals, schools and other organisations (e.g. NGOs) with permanently lacking money support you will easily find hardware form the last two or three decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/14/worlds-richest-wealth-credit-suisse

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> Am 01.08.2023 um 07:32 schrieb Michael Livesey <mike.j.livesey@gmail.com>:
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> I wonder, given the advancement of technology and the significant increase in pixel resolution on devices since SC 1.4.10 was first drafted, whether it is time for a modification of the requirements.
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> The justification for 320px is stated to be because: 
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> "320 CSS pixels is equivalent to a starting viewport width of 1280 CSS pixels wide at 400% zoom."
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> At the time this criterion first came into force, 1280px was a fairly standard laptop screen size. Also, 320px was a standard mobile resolution 7 years ago. However, neither of the above now stands up to scrutiny.
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> The standard monitor resolution is now 1920px and the lowest resolution one can find on a mobile device is 400px.
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> 400% at 1920px is 480px.
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> Requiring no reflow down to 320px is therefore out-of-date for today's devices and to encourage stakeholder support I wonder if we can increase this to either 400px or 480px?
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