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TechRepublic website should consider Web Accessiblity standards

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Well I was reading an article in TechRepublic and the font was too small. I tried to increase the text size option in the browser and it had no effect on the TechRepublic page. I think its quiet important for a website like TechRepublic to strictly follow the web standards and accessiblity guidelines.

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by stress junkie

I've had problems with TR page layout off and on since I started visiting this site. I was using Mozilla. I've tried Firefox and didn't like it. I found that some text was on top of other text when I increased the font size in Mozilla. Also, image files don't increase in size when you increase the font size in Mozilla. Any commercial web site should ensure that they are accessible to the widest possible audience including those people who may have a handicap. Surely a format that looks appropriate in the most popular web browsers should be a minimum requirement of any commercial web site.

I have found a wonderful workaround called Opera 8. When you increase the total view size then everything on the page in proportionally increased. The TR site looks great for once. It often ends up being wider than my screen but that's ok since Opera 8 puts a scroll bar along the bottom when it is required.

I've backed up my satisfaction of Opera 8 by actually purchasing a license. It is available for free download, presumably for a free trial. The free download has some banner ads in a bar across the top. I could have lived with that but since I'm so happy with the product I decided to act responsibly and pay for a license.

I'll probably start a discussion about Opera 8 once I've done a good comparison between it and Mozilla and Firefox. At this point it is a free download to try it out so why not go ahead and try it?

www.opera.com

LSMFT

by oz_media

TR uses fixed widths and they seem to wrap/overlap when exceeded. I've noticed it with long titles but it's appears to be an easy code fix by looking at the source for THAT issue. But it's a free site and it's WAY better now than a few years back, so it's getting there.

As for Firefox, I love TR with FF, no more ads! Just content. I run 1024x768 on my notebook (mostly used)and it displays fine.

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