i wrote:
> | yes, the ALA site doesn't look good in NN4 but it 'degrades
> | gracefully', all information is still legible. maybe it's not totally
> | accessible but that's largely not ALA's fault but that of old non-
> | standard-compliant browsers. many accessibility techniques don't
> | work in NN4, just like they don't work in IE3.
Kat Street <[log in to unmask]> replied:
> No. No. ALA is inaccessible, mainly because it uses a fixed font (11px),
> which is painfully small on a lot of displays. There is NO easy way to
> change that font size. On the front page you can chose a larger serif
> font, but not on a lot of the archived material. This has absolutely
> nothing whatsoever to do with browsers, and everything to do with bad
> design.
as i said above, ALA is not necessarily accessible, it's about
standards not accessibility. that pixel thing is zeldman's hangup.
i disagree with him. i've been using 'em' for a while now and haven't
found a problem yet. yes, they are sometimes tiny in one browser,
huge in another, but they are adjustable.
btw, in mozilla the ALA homepage resizes just fine. seems
standard-compliant browsers can deal with resizing pixels.
iris
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