Is it my eyes that are failing?

Over the last few weeks I have done a lot of Internet searching and the web sites are becoming increasingly harder to read. I have to increase the size of the font on just about all of them but sometimes even this doesn't work. When there are numbers, for instance, I find it very difficult to distinguish between 8 and 3 or 5 and 3, and so on. Yet I find now that most of the sites are making their numbers, and their text, smaller and smaller.

This is something I am very conscious of on my my sites. If people have a hard job reading your work then what's the point. I think the web experience should be enjoyable and not causing severe eye strain.

Surely that's something to take into account when setting up a site. Don't you think so? As I get older and the eyesight takes a bashing it might be that some sites will not even be looked at but simply turned away from.

Many people wear glasses and probably face these difficulties so I wanted to bring it to the attention of web masters and warriors in here to counteract the problem where possible.

The other day I had to renew my drivers license and do an eye test. The lady serving me was about half my age or less and commented that she wished she had as good eyesight as I apparently do and yet I struggle. She needs glasses to see everything.

God bless,

Norma