- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:48:52 +0100
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On 28/04/2026 18:58, Hash, Colton wrote: [...] > However, I do think magnification with mobile browser settings is > implemented differently than pitch zoom. > > Firefox, Chrome and Safari all seem to implement browser zoom for pages > in a way that is similar to full page zoom on desktop browsers. Full-page zoom (which is what you had mentioned) works as I described (with the layout viewport). Safari (with it's small and large "a"/"A" buttons) and Chrome (with Zoom on Android and more aptly labelled Zoom text on iOS) additionally do indeed have a text zoom/smart zoom feature, that tries to just resize the text (and possibly parts of the page layout) *without* changing the viewport size. I don't believe Firefox (neither on Android nor iOS) has anything quite like that - on iOS it has a "Page Zoom" option which behaves just like pinch zoom, but nothing comparable on Android. -- Patrick H. Lauke * https://www.splintered.co.uk/ * https://github.com/patrickhlauke * https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ * https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke
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