NOTE:This web page uses a font size or 5, to view this page using a font size of 6 click here.You may have to refresh this page to see the larger print. To refresh, hold down the Cmd key and hit the R key.
The idea of this site started when I sent a web page to a friend of mine. She commented that it was a great site, but the print was very small. As a joke, I designed the campaign ribbon and sent it to her in an email. I left the campaign ribbon in my email for awhile and was surprised at the number of people who sent back positive comments about the campaign ribbon. My friend, Debra, added code to her email to make the print larger. She also received comments on how much easier it was to read her emails with the larger print.
I realized that there was a group of Web TV users who were not getting full enjoyment from Web TV, the Internet, and the World Wide Web because of the size of the print being used. I decided to start this campaign to try to correct this problem. I know that I can't get the print size on every web site and in every email changed, but if I can get some people to realize that this problem exists and get them to make some small code changes to their web sites and in there emails, it will be a start.
I did a some research on the age of Internet users. The average age is around 36 and is slowly getting older each year. I believe that this is due to the fact that the population in general is getting older and that you no longer have to be a computer genius to get online. As Web TV type boxes become more available, I think that the age of people on line will increase at an even greater rate.
I have listed here some of things you can do to help others or yourself to view text on your Web TV.
1. HOME BUILDERS. Add the code <<>basefont size="X"> between the <<>head> and <<>/head> tags, where X is the font size. The normal font size used on web pages is 3. I have changed the font size on my web site to 5.
2. EMAIL. Place the code <<>html> <<>font size=X> at the beginning of the body of your email message. I use a font size of 5 in my emails. Place the <<>/font> <<>/html> at the end of your message. When you use this code in your email, you will also have to use the <<>br> and <<>p> codes to separate the sections of your message.
3. CHANGING WEBTV TEXT SIZE. Go to the Web TV main page and click on settings, then click on text size and select between small, medium and large text. This will adjust the text size of what you view on your Web TV.
4. MAGNIFYING A WEB PAGE. Here is a site that will enlarge the text of a web page. Type in the URL of the web page and hit enter. You will be taken to the web site that you selected. Then click on options and select the text size that you want. If you scroll down the options page, there is an explanation of the options.
5. Large text HTML mailer. This site is for writing emails in large text. One nice feature is that the person using this site can bring up their own Web TV address list.
6. Audio Bible Online
Click on the verse that you want to listen to. The text of the verse selected also appears on the screen. The audio portion of this site does not work with some upgrades of Web TV.
7. The Blind and Visually Impaired NetRing
Scroll towards the bottom of the page to find a link to a list of the members of the NetRing.
8. HELP SPREAD THE WORD. Here are the codes to add the campaign ribbon image to your web site and email. It will also send people to this site when they click on the image. If you have your own web page, please transload the image to your own file manager.
Here is the code to add the campaign ribbon to your web page.
<<>a href="http://geocities.datacellar.net/bean2347/print.html"> <<>img src="http://geocities.datacellar.net/bean2347/images/print.gif" height=181 width=105 alt="ban small print campaign ribbon gif"><<>/a>
Here is the code that you add to your signature box for use in your email. Replace the bgcolor with one that works best for you.
<<>html> <<>body> <<>center> <<>table bgcolor=#CC9966> <<>tr> <<>td> <<>a href="http://geocities.datacellar.net/bean2347/print.html"> <<>img src="http://geocities.datacellar.net/bean2347/images/print.gif" height=181 width=105 alt="ban small print campaign ribbon gif"><<>/a> <<>/td> <<>/tr> <<>/table> <<>/center> <<>/body> <<>/html>
If you need any help with the codes or have any questions or suggestions, please email me. You are also invited to visit my Home Page. Thank you, DuWayne
Comments received:
I notice when someone whole message is in caps, it's usually because they have difficulty reading the small caps(and type in caps to better catch their typing errors). If you figure someone has trouble seeing the small caps, which I do have a friend who is nearly legally blind, I start my messages(most times) with <<>html><<>font size=+3> I hope you can see that and doesn't affect the rest of this message, however, here it is again, without the enclosures. html and font size=+3 That makes the letters really large for the individual getting it. Don't be so quick to assume they are "shouting", inasmuch, maybe they are having a difficulty we aren't aware of. ESPECIALLY if their whole message is in caps. Barbara
....I'm not 50 or over but there is a lot of us younger ones that have trouble seeing the small print....
....I like the large text page. I'm only 33, but I use big fonts at work and at home all the time...
....We have been typing in caps for time time. It's much easier to read on this end and the receiving end...