Allow zooming in meta viewport tag to help people with visual disabilities
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Why is a viewport meta tag important?
A <meta name="viewport" /> tag in the <head> must not contain "user-scalable=no".
People with visual disabilities, such as low vision can zoom in to make reading the page easier for them. Disallowing zooming makes it hard for these people to access the page’s content.
What is a good meta viewport tag?
The following meta viewport tag makes your website responsive and allows zooming in.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
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