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The Thursday 2007-10-11 at 10:12 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
a11y (not ally) is geek-speak for accessibility, like i18n is geek-speak
for internationalization. (Hint: count the letters :)
I didn't know. IMO, a11y instead of accessibility is a non accesible
acronym, as the user with vision dificulties will probably not spot the
"ones" - that's what happened to the OP, I think. >:-)
Bigger monitors are better of course but there are limits, especially on
laptops. And setting the virtual screen resolution larger than the
physical screen resolution so that you can pan around to see different
parts of the screen can be useful in some circumstances. But adjusting
font size is usually the most important technique.
Carlos, you're correct that setting the screen to its full native
resolution and then choosing appropriate font sizes is the way to get
the best quality results. Sadly, it's a total pain in GNU/Linux.
Windows have a quick setting to choose large/small fonts. That would be
nice. My current display is 1024*768, but when using larger resolutions
the fonts display smaller, instead of the same size. A setting to make
them larger would be nice.
What the user wants is a single 'knob' or 'slider' that increases the
size of all the fonts on the screen smoothly. Assuming the apps/graphics
designers made sensible choices for relative sizes with their good
eyesight, everything should scale reasonably well.
Not only the fonts, but everything, I think. Enlarge everything, like a
magnifying glass applied to all the screen.
Setting a lower screen resolution is a simple way of sidestepping all
those problems and getting a usable display. But application and content
designers are increasingly assuming higher minimum resolutions - often
without any real need. They appear to think it's cool.
True.
There are some apps that are difficult to run at "only" 1024*768, the
dialogs are bigger than available space, and they are simply clipped. Once
I could not even see the buttons at the bottom.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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