265565 - "Why Use Firefox" bullet list missing important point: easy text font resizing

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Marketing :: General, task)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10.1

Here are my edits to address this issue:

Index: mozilla-org/html/products/firefox/index.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mozilla-org/html/products/firefox/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -r1.66 index.html
--- mozilla-org/html/products/firefox/index.html	22 Oct 2004 02:00:32 -0000	1.66
+++ mozilla-org/html/products/firefox/index.html	22 Oct 2004 05:33:45 -0000
@@ -119,10 +119,18 @@
 	        set of privacy tools keep your online activity your business.
 	      </dd>
 
+	      <dt>No More Eyestrain from Small Fonts</dt>
+	      <dd>With Firefox it is easy as pie to make the fonts bigger on
absolutely any
+                web page (simply press Ctrl and the + key at the same time).
This is even
+                easier if you use the + key that's at the far right side of
your keyboard,
+                on the numeric keypad. Give your eyes a break!
+	      </dd>
+
 	      <dt>Smarter Search</dt>
 	      <dd>Google Search is built right into the toolbar, and there are a plethora
 	        of other search tools including Keywords (type "dict &lt;word&gt;" in
-	        the Location Bar), and the new find toolbar (which finds as you type
and eliminates the annoying window 	        	that always seems to be in your
way).</dd>
+	        the Location Bar), and the new find toolbar (which finds as you type and
+                eliminates the annoying window that always seems to be in your
way).</dd>
 	
 	      <dt>Live Bookmarks</dt>
 	      <dd>RSS integration lets you read the latest news headlines and read updates
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@
 	        you're used to - Bookmarks, History, Full Screen, Text Zooming to make
 	        pages with small text easier to read, etc.</dd>
 	
-	      <dt>S, M, L or XL&#8212;You Choose</dt>
+	      <dt>Sleek and Simple, or Sophisticated and Powerful&#8212;You Choose</dt>
 	      <dd>Firefox is the most customizable browser on the planet. Customize your
 	        toolbars to add additional buttons, install new Extensions that add
 	        new features, add new Themes to browse with style, and use the adaptive


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Observe how largest demographic in US, baby boomers, love text resizing
2. Load Firefox home page
3. Note that text resizing is missing from list of Firefox benefits

Actual Results:  
Shock.

And I concluded that these "why use firefox" points have not been updated in a
while.

Actually, I thought that maybe someone would think text resizing is already
covered under the point entitled 'S, M, L, XL, XXL', but I think that someone
would be mistaken. Actually that point is talking about extensibility. Text
resizing is such an important, pain-addressing feature for many people, that it
should have its own dedicated bullet point near the top.


Expected Results:  
Should have pointed out the text resizing feature and how easy it is and how
great it makes the browsing experience.


I would like to edit it myself, once I get a CVS account.

Comment 1

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

The list is quite long enough and while easy font resizing is a feature, it's
not one of the prominent ones. I doubt this will change with any new release as
more "important" features get added.

WONTFIXing.