[themes] usability and accessibility improvement

[Laura Scott]

Egon Bianchet wrote:
> Il giorno lun, 19/12/2005 alle 07.52 -0600, Michelle Cox ha scritto:
>   
>> There is a module to add a block for changing the font size. I'm with Ber, 
>> though, and ended up uninstalling it because it made more sense to just let 
>> the user set it in their browser.
>>
>> Michelle
>>     
>
> I agree too, it would be useful only to IE users when the font-size it's
> specified in pixels, so one could avoid the problem using ems.
>
>   
Just to be Devil's Advocate a minute, what's "useful" is defined by the 
user base, and no rule of thumb can categorically cover it. One of my 
clients is a company that markets films geared to "older" people. Many 
of them can open a browser, but expecting them to be able to dig under 
the hood on their browser settings to get the font on your website large 
enough to read I think is a mistake.

There are occasions where that font-size block can be very handy for 
people with poor eyesight. With theming, accessibility is not just about 
toeing the standards line, but also -- and perhaps more importantly -- 
it's about creating a user experience that is easy to understand and 
use. If they can't read what's on the page, and they have to know how 
browsers work in order to rectify it, you may have a technically 
accessible page but it's not inviting. People will just go elsewhere.

Laura

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