- From: Frank Tobin <ftobin@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:08:35 -0500 (CDT)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Kynn Bartlett, at 09:50 -0700 on Tue, 10 Apr 2001, wrote:
In my opinion, while the ability in CSS to override creator styles
is a nice thing, I feel that it's not a good "solution" because it
requires users to understand how configure their software in a way
that is not very apparent nor easy to do. This introduces an
extra hurdle to accessibility -- "hi, user, you need to learn CSS
to write yourself a stylesheet" or even "hi, user, you need to
learn how to choose your own stylesheet after downloading it" if
using a library of CSS written by someone else -- and puts too
much _technical_ burden on the end users.
There is an argument, though, that only with more knowledge, may users be
able to free themselves.
In order to effect styles that CSS is capable of accomplishing, users need
to be able to express what they want to have done in some coherent manner.
To try to come up with a means for users to express what they want done
with their personal stylesheets without actually haivng a working of CSS,
would be, in effect, coming up with a language parallel to CSS. And given
that CSS is itself a fairly minimal, simple language for the most
rudimentary tasks, I think it is a good syntax for users expressing the
style they want.
Sure, there may be frontends for manipulating a CSS file, but the basic
notion of how CSS applies to elements, and what elements exist, are fairly
intrinsic applying CSS effectively.
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Frank Tobin http://www.uiuc.edu/~ftobin/
Received on Tuesday, 10 April 2001 13:08:36 UTC