sine qua non = indispensible On Thu, July 2, 2009 9:27 pm, Rick Faircloth wrote: >> It is the sine qua non of accessibility > > And that's exactly the point I'm trying to make...just addressing the > font-size issue > is the most basic form of accomodation possible. We can do better. > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson > <c...@freeshell.org>wrote: > >> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Rick Faircloth wrote: >> >> > But how will you magnify the images and layout as designed for me to >> view? >> > Addressing font issues is only the absolute basic attempt to make the >> web >> > more accessible...It's important to be able to see "how" something is >> said >> > and with >> > what supporting content and context, rather than just "what" is said. >> > >> > Focusing on font-size is quite an antiquated, limited view of >> accessiblity. >> >> It is the sine qua non of accessibility. It's not the only issue, >> but it is the most basic. >> >> > Magnification of entire monitor screens (not just decreasing >> resolution), >> > and >> > browser magnification address all the issues, and in a very satisfying >> and >> > simple manner, >> > rather than asking/requiring web designers/developers to spend >> countless >> > hours >> > trying to code around the issues. >> >> There is no issue to code around. The only issue is >> overspecifying sizes which leads to inaccessible pages. Less is >> more. >> >> -- >> Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://woodbine-gerrard.com> >> =================================================================== >> Author: >> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ******************************************************************* >> >> >> > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation." Henry Kissinger > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > *******************************************************************
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