- From: Chaals <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:22:07 +0100
- To: "Will Miller" <wmiller@adaptiveenvironments.org>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:51:33 -0500, Will Miller <wmiller@adaptiveenvironments.org> wrote: > > Does anyone have any suggestions or opinions on how to accessibly show > emphasis in an HTML document? Is using a * generally considered a best > practice? Are there good alternatives? No, using asterisks is not a best practice. Best practice is to use the HTML markup designed for the purpose - em and strong (for two levels). Some screen readers, in particular, don't manage to notice this. But given that users typically set screen readers to ignore punctuation, that will also be missed. Sometimes you just gotta getta betta tool. Cheers Chaals -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
Received on Thursday, 13 January 2005 10:27:08 UTC