Re: Do icons fall under - 1.3.3 question for shapes/icons alone that are used everywhere now but were not back in 2008

On 20/04/2016 20:33, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:

>> In short, a sighted user basically has to rely on the latter, some
>> form of additional plugin/extension, as per:
>>
>>>  * A plug in AT (or other AT) can expose the label without having to
>>>    focus on them.
>
> Correct.  Just like blind users need to rely on some sort of screen reader.
>
> WCAG makes sure the content is or can be made accessible by the user
> with their tools.

Following that rationale, you could also say that things such as color 
contrast don't have to be set correctly, as a user could have tools to 
override any page-defined colors, no?

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