[thelist] Re: font size

[Jeff Howden]

diane,

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> From: Diane Soini
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> Hmm. You don't see this problem at all.
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this is actually the first time i've even noticed it.  that's probably due
in part to running ie with the text size set to medium.

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> I see it everywhere. Actually, we all see it at the
> company I work for.  So now I am wondering if it has
> something to do with our company's browsers. I have
> heard that some companies modify the IE browser in
> some ways for security and other purposes. Our company
> has done this. The browsers we all use have our company
> logo instead of the IE logo in the top right corner. I
> don't know what else they've done other than that, but
> I do vaguely recall a few years ago we were all having
> a problem with something and our modified browsers were
> suspected as being the culprit. So perhaps there is
> something else going on here.
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none of the modifications possible via the sdk should cause the sort of
thing you're seeing.  i suspect it has more to do with people using the
"smaller" text-size setting when browsing the web.  it seems that particular
text-size setting may have some quirks.

that being said, those quirks are *not* accessibility problems.  i can't
think of a single accessibility red flag that would wave when text gets
bigger, especially when it's as a result of the default text-size being set
to smaller than the default size.  if it was the other way around, then i
could see this being an accessibility issue.

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> Unfortunately, that doesn't solve anything. Even though
> we are a software company, our employees are just as
> novice as the most novice Internet users out there, and
> when they see these types of things happen they freak
> out.
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i can understand freaking out about a bsod, getting infected with a virus,
or getting popup slammed to death, but freaking out about the text size
changing when clicking on a link?  sounds like maybe they need to reduce
their coffee or crank intake.  spun much?

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> It's cooky, but I often have to design for the Project
> Manager and CTO who have the strangest ideas about
> usability and what looks right, but I don't get to
> design for the end users (?!).
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that's not at all uncommon when you work for melon-headed, self-absorbed,
"yes men".  sorry, but there is no known cure.  not even a clue-stick can
undo intellect *that* mediocre.

regards,

.jeff

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