Re: More on the Sibelius Fourth Symphony

Scott Foglesong wrote:
On 2009-05-19 10:20:31 -0700, "Gerard"
<ghen_nospam_driksen@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Scott Foglesong wrote:
On 2009-05-19 09:57:58 -0700, "Gerard"
<ghen_nospam_driksen@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Scott Foglesong wrote:
Hello All,

For those who are interested in the Sibelius Fourth Symphony
(it has been engendering a sizeable thread on this group of
late): it is to performed this week by Michael Tilson Thomas
and the San Francisco Symphony. My program notes are online
for your perusal:

http://www.sfsymphony.org/music/ProgramNotes.aspx?id=38634


I did not read it yet.
But the first thing I thought was: o, again such a website
where a very small font has been used and where the
functionality of browsers to enlarge it has been ruled out
(depends on the used browser).
I don't know about the public in San Francisco, but I suppose
that many of them belong to the category of 'older than 50'.
Couldn't it be a good idea to make such a website better
readable? Visitors will like that.

It's a pretty small font, definitely. At least in my browser
(Firefox) the font-resizing function works just fine -- I almost
always wind up hitting Command-+ (Mac) given that my 50+ eyes
aren't that good at deciphering microscopic print.

The browser I use (have to use, forced by circumstances - Internet
Explorer 6) has a resizing function that is ruled out by the SF
site. I don't know why web designers do this (what reason can there
be for this?), but it is
something that
should not be done. One of the main rules of accessibilty.
Even if a resizing function is working properly, I don't see why the
standard or
default font size - the font size a site shows at first appearance -
should be a
microscopic one.
Of course this is not your "fault" - but you are in a position you
can make a comment on this to the wenbmaster with a much greater
chance on success.

For me it is microscopic print. Difficult to read. A reason not to
explore the site any further.

I think your point is valid -- after all, the user shouldn't be
obliged
to repair design shortcomings. I'll send a note to the design folks
and
ask them to look into it.

I do hope for the visitors of the site (lovers of classical music, I suppose,
many of them not belonging to the younger ones) that it will help to make the
site better readable.



.

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