I came across a fantastic article by Jeff Croft recently, regarding his feelings about accessibility on the web. He states:
More and more, I’m feeling like taking a hard-assed approach. “What’s that? You’re complaining because you can’t scale the text of my site in Internet Explorer 6?” That’s your problem. Get glasses. Get a better browser. I can’t account for the fact that you have low vision and have chosen a shitty browser. The tools are out there to make your experience better, so use them.
He’s simply proving a point there, and obviously folks should take that with a grain of salt, but I believe it’s a valid point to make. Browser makers are starting to include better tools (see Opera’s awesome Page Zoom feature). Maybe soon we can get back to using what we should be (like px)!
Read the full article: Has accessibility been taken too far?