[Javascript] Accessibility (discussion)

David Dorward david at dorward.me.uk
Fri Nov 21 03:18:08 CST 2008


Troy III Ajnej wrote:

> Somebody mentioned Acrobat. So I was almost sure that I was very well
> understood. - "Acrobat" is the (in one word) answer/description.
> Enabling your page to automatically fit your current window size and 
> of course your screen resolution. Afterwards you will either maximize
> your window, or change the zoom ratio to suit your eyes.

Acrobat is a dreadful approach. It is all about reproducing print
layout, and doesn't allow lines to reflow. A very common problem with it
is that a document is produced with two columns per page with each
column being too long to read without zooming so the column height is
shorter then the window height. The result is that users have to scroll
to read one column, then scroll up to find the start of the next one,
and repeat.


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David Dorward                               <http://dorward.me.uk/>



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