Nick Fitzsimons wrote: > Tom Livingston wrote: > >>>> idea for accessibility, it often leads to lots of horizontal scrolling >>>> >> What about a width limit (no, not a fixed width site) on the width of >> the main content in relation to the rest of the page (like an article) >> so as to allow the font scaling to occur vertically instead of >> horizontally? This seems like a better solution to me. >> >> Like this maybe? >> >> http://66.155.251.18/mlinc.com/test/ >> >> Scale up. No horiz scroll. >> >> > > In Firefox, press Ctrl-+ eight times. The page breaks, with content > overlapping and unreadable. > > In case you're wondering whether anybody would use such extreme > enlargement, the answer is yes, some people do. A friend of mine with a > severe visual impairment resulting from diabetes needs at least that > level of enlargement, and accepts as a normal part of life that he has > to scroll horizontally. Your page would simply be unusable by him. > Not necessarily. And I have no clue what this has to do with CSS, but have you, or /your friend/, tried that particular page at 800% in Opera9b? Personally I hate horizontal scroll bars... > (Well, he'd have to switch over to his screen reader, but that only > currently works with IE, so he'd have to fire that up, then paste the > URL... you get the idea.) > > HTH, > > Nick. > ~dL
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