Hey
I don't think there is, but is there any sort of consensus of the use of
zoom layouts?
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/lowvision/
http://www.joeclark.org/atmedia/atmedia-NOTES-2.html
http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2005/06/24/zoom-layout.html
In particular:
1) How do you signal that
1) How do you signal that one is available? I'd like to use text (as
opposed to an icon) but who is going to know what zoom layout means?
Perhaps low-vision layout or low-vision version work better?
The new Amnesty International Australia site uses a zoom layout option. The
icon can be seen
Joe Clarke did a speech on it earlier this year at @media... his
slides can be found at http://joeclark.org/atmedia/atmedia-NOTES-2.html
On 5 Oct 2005, at 16:53, Mike Brown wrote:
Hey
I don't think there is, but is there any sort of consensus of the
use of
zoom layouts?
Mike Brown wrote:
I don't think there is, but is there any sort of consensus of the use of
zoom layouts?
1) How do you signal that one is available? I'd like to use text (as
opposed to an icon) but who is going to know what zoom layout means?
Perhaps low-vision layout or low-vision version
Patrick H. Lauke said:
I actually had a bit of a discussion with Joe Clark on this issue
during his London workshop last month. I'd argue that users of things
like screen magnifiers, who are the target audience for zoom layouts,
don't need excessively larger fonts and that the reversing of
Mike Brown wrote:
Meaning that the value of zoom layouts is what? Just that it's putting
content is a single column to prevent overlap etc?
Not just overlap, but mainly that things aren't positioned off to the
right, where users with screen magnifiers won't normally look for them.
And
Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
As for naming, imho it would also make sense to simply call it single
column / large size or similar...
..or *linearized* / large text-size...
Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com
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Hi Mike,
Seems that making user's aware of what 'zoom', 'single column',
'high/low contrast', 'low graphics' or any of the other alternatives
is another issue like that of educating new users about browser 'Text
size' options.
From personal experience, when first stumbling upon issues of
Andy Kirkwood|Motive said:
Perhaps an icon that indication of a single column (maybe with an
obviously enlarged 'T')?
Might I suggest a magnifying glass over the 'T', or a '+' as an icon?
kind regards
Terrence Wood.
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That's what makes selecting a suitable representation difficult. With a 'T' and
magnifying-glass icon, would the user expect to have their layout transformed
from 2 or 3 columns to a single column or a high/low contrast layout? Perhaps
the type size, layout and contrast options should be
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