Hi designer As the person who developed the "web accessibility toolbar" (WAT) I do not recommend the use of its "magnify" function as a way to overcome the pixel issue in internet explorer. This function is simply intended to give an idea to designers/developers of how some people may view a web page. it does not work across pages, so a user would have to reactivate the function each time they opened a page.
As a web accessibility consultant I reccommend the use of em's or % over pixels, but if a designer decides they must use pixels to set font-size users of internet explorer can override this by using the IE menu "Internet options > accessibility > ignore font sizes specified on web pages" this allows users to change the text size via the IE menu "view > text size" function. This is a rather convoluted process and many users are not aware of it, so give clear instructions on its use if you choose to go down this path. PS: both the "accessibility dialog" and the "text size" functions are also available through the WAT "IE options" menu. they have been put there to make it easier for designers/developers to test their pages (in IE) to ensure that their designs don't break when settings are changed by the user. with regards Steven Faulkner Web Accessibility Consultant National Information & Library Service (NILS) 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 Phone: (613) 9864 9281 Fax: (613) 9864 9210 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the Web Accessibility Toolbar [http://www.nils.org.au/ais/web/resources/toolbar/] |---------+-----------------------------------> | | designer | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | rnet.co.uk> | | | Sent by: | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | p.org | | | | | | | | | 20/08/2005 10:34 PM | | | Please respond to wsg | | | | |---------+-----------------------------------> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: webstandards group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | cc: | | Subject: [WSG] web accessibility toolbar | >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Good afternoon (or whatever), Does the web accessibility toolbar let me off the hook as far as using pixels for text sizing in IE is concerned? I have recently got the excellent WAT from http://www.nils.org.au/ais/ and it has an excellent zoom facility, like opera. (A great, and very educational tool anyway). I ask the question partly tongue-in-cheek, but it does make me wonder if tools such as this should be the butt of responsibility? I just wondered, as it does seem to put the pixel argument into a different perspective. No rants please: this is intended as an intelligent question, expecting and wanting the same type of response. Thanks, Bob ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
