June 15, 2006

Big.com Gets Ask Results, Toolbar

I mentioned how useful Big.com was back in October, making it easy for those with low vision to see things more clearly thanks to its big fonts. Brad Haugaard, the project manager over there, dropped a note to say there's been some changes to improve the service. What's new? Results now come from Ask, rather than LookSmart. There's been a general facelift all around. And there's a new Big Toolbar for Internet Explorer to let you make any page look bigger -- perhaps even those from the major search engines. When I looked at Big last time, I found none of the major search engines made it easy to increase font sizes, something I believe is still the case. I know, I know -- you can do it with stylesheets or using features within both Firefox or IE. But it's nice for people if the search engines themselves make it easier.

Posted by Danny Sullivan at June 15, 2006 6:14 PM