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