I couldn’t agree less. Image+Text zoom was invented as a workaround for both lazy/inept web designers and Internet Explorer’s continued refusal to scale pixel-specified fonts. As others have commented, the original intent of text-only zoom was to allow those with poor eyesight to read content more easily, not to make everything bigger. Horizontal scrolling, which often occurs as a result of text+image zoom, is such a usability no-no that it should have been thrown out long ago. Seriously, what’s your problem with text-scaling on a well-designed layout? Any decent CSS guy can create a layout that won’t break for at least 2 increases (not sure where you get your ‘accepted web design guidance’ from, but I’ve never seen just 1 increment recommended). Just because a lot of people get it wrong, doesn’t mean we should all pander to an inferior workaround.