Large Print Graphics for Older Eyes?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday August 28, 2003 @03:45PM from the if-you-can't-read-this-you-are-too-close dept.

random_nickname asks: "My lovely wife is a Graphic Designer with a small company which specializes in custom-made wine labels. She is re-designing the current site, to bring the code up-to-date and a little more shnazzy. Her boss is insisting that, due to their primary market - the elderly - she needs to create overly 'large-print' graphics, to make the site easier to browse for that demographic. My wife feels that this is unnecessary due to resolution control and monitor sizes, etc.. Are there sites out there that currently employ over-sized graphics for the elderly and has it made a difference in business? Is there a real need for this kind of solution?"

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Re:Use CSS fonts, but don't specify points/pixels by Tuxinatorium · 2003-08-28 16:41 · Score: 3, Insightful

You forget that 80% of computer users (and 99% of elderly computer users) don't even know how to change the text size in their browser. Hell, a lot of them don't even know how to set their homepage.

Cardinal rule of commercial website design:
Don't assume the users know jack shit, because the majority of them won't.

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