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Cool experiment! But maybe I'm not understanding something. When a human can't see an object in sufficient detail they lean forwards to increase its apparent si
by Wintamute 14y ago
Cool experiment! But maybe I'm not understanding something. When a human can't see an object in sufficient detail they lean forwards to increase its apparent size in their optical field. This breaks that fundamental interaction. When you lean forward it stays the same size. Argh! In other words if your eyes are good enough to read the large text, they'll be good enough to read the small text when you lean in - nothing has changed, the system maintains the text's apparent size. If on the other hand your eyesight isn't good enough to read the large text leaning in won't help!
- Eduard 14y agoTo solve this, the responsive website should first calibrate on you as a user (either by a user supplying his eyesight quality or by going through some simple OK/NOTOK tests). As a workaround, change the font-size to suite you (on desktop browsers, Ctrl+Mousewheel)
- rjvin 14y agoI don't think the application of this technology would be the way it is on this page: likely it would detect your face and then set the text accordingly, and then leave it alone. A constantly changing text size is bad interaction anyway.
- saalweachter 14y agoIt also shouldn't be in websites. This would make an awesome browser plug-in, which would also let you calibrate it (as mentioned by someone else) to be the "right size" for your vision. I think a U-shaped curve could also be good: big text when you're far away, small text when you're at normal viewing distances, and zoom further [esp for full-page zoom] when you lean in very close.
- mistercow 14y agoWell obviously we can solve that by detecting how far the user is from the camera and increasing the "root size" as they get closer. /s