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accessibility_fail2010-01-05 01:27 pm
jesse_the_k) wrote in accessibility_fail2010-01-05 01:27 pm
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Pushing Away Customers: Bossy Site is Bossy
I'm looking for a handful of iddly-fiddly products (camera case, iPod case, batteries) for one shipping charge. I was pleased to see Newegg.com on a Google search, cause I know they've been in business for more than 10 years. Leap on over to their site and I encounter this:
[above is screen grab of upper corner of Newegg.com site window, where bright red letters say For optimal viewing, please lower your browser's text size setting]
Yes, I know it takes more time to design a fluid layout, where I can size my text up to something, y'know, readable.
But in return I will buy your stuff! With real US money! If you hadn't said anything, I would have used Mac OS X's built-in zoom feature and opened my wallet. But, no way, you had to boss your way into my user experience and demand I change my font size!
[above is screen grab of upper corner of Newegg.com site window, where bright red letters say For optimal viewing, please lower your browser's text size setting]
Yes, I know it takes more time to design a fluid layout, where I can size my text up to something, y'know, readable.
But in return I will buy your stuff! With real US money! If you hadn't said anything, I would have used Mac OS X's built-in zoom feature and opened my wallet. But, no way, you had to boss your way into my user experience and demand I change my font size!