I agree with James. Although, I find the best possible, all-around solution is to use all of the above! If the user does not have JavaScript/cookies enabled, then the user will use their browser, else they cannot view the text in large size. If the user does have JavaScript/cookies enabled, then the user can use that method to enlarge font size, whether they know or do not know how to use the browser to enlarge font size.
This gives all opportunities to the user for any circumstance they may be in, and allows you to do some quick development, without much worry! -- Brett P. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:38 AM, James Leslie <james.les...@transversal.com>wrote: > I would be grateful if someone could tell me what is the current best > practice for letting users change the font-size (e.g., by clicking on three > 'a's of different sizes to make different css files be used) on the web > site. Is it still a good idea, or do we go for the approach of using the > browser to do it? Any and all helpful suggestions gratefully appreciated. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Comes down to the 'give a man a fish/teach a man to fish' principle for me. > If you explain to the user how to use their browser settings to change the > text size then they can use that on any site. If you use the 3 A's it only > holds up for your site (and breaks if cookies/JavaScript are turned off) > > James > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
