Frizzle feature now available to all the “old farts”. Our Burlington responds to a readers request.

By Pepper Parr

BURLINGTON, ON.  January 22, 2013  Our Burlington has a new feature that we are calling the Frizzle feature.

It came about as a result of an email we got from Jim Frizzle whose neighbour happens to be Keith Strong – which, if you know Keith Strong, means you are going to get roped into doing something for the community.

Senior of the Year Jim Frizzle tells publisher to “make it easier to read your newspaper”.  Result – the Frizzle Feature.

Frizzle  did so much for the community that he got named Senior of the year – which he thought gave him the right to tell us what to do.

Turns out what Frizzle was telling us to do was a great idea which I took along to my techie and asked – “Can we do this?   The techie said: “ I can do that faster than you can say – Bob’s your uncle” and I said then do it.

This feature, which makes it easier for people who need larger type to read your newspaper on a web site, came about when Jim Frizzle told us he needed it.

Well turns out the techie didn’t have an uncle named Bob and it took a little longer than expected – but because of Jim Frizzle and all the other “old farts” out there,  you can now click on that little box in the upper right hand corner of the story and make the type larger if that’s  what you need.

We are looking for an optician that might want to sponsor that little feature.