Dan Saffer wrote:
On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:59 AM, G.Jason Head wrote:
In this day and age, I would that most people who need to
increase their font sizes in their web browser already know how to do
it. Even more, they probably have increased their font size long
before they got to your web site anyway.
Unlikely. The people who most need to increase font size are people
65+, which is the group least-likely to be skilled enough to have
adjusted settings (which is already a minority of people).
Dan
Agree. But there is always the exception to the rule. This is depend
on the base font size of the site, For example if you launch a site
with font size equivalent of 12px then for some insane reason drop this
down to 9px, you can expect the audience over 40 are going to need to
find out really quickly how to increase the font size. This maybe the
first time they have encountered the problem. With IE 7 they may just
assume the zoom is what they are going have to use, but don't bet on it.
Best thing is a err on the conservative side of font sizing so the core
users don't have to know to change it. Or better show them how. Little
education does help, some people (low number I agree) do read them.
--
Gary Barber
Freelance User Interaction Designer/ Information Architect
Web: radharc.com.au
blog: manwithnoblog.com
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