- From: Jon Dodd <jon@bunnyfoot.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 14:09:38 -0000
- To: <tina@greytower.net>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Tina Holmboe: >> <label for="id">First name <img src="asterix.gif" alt="mandatory >> information"></label><input type="text"...> > * visual users get it because asterix is a commonly used marker > * screen reader users get it because the alt text gets read out and > does not rely on dubious implementation of "title" or user preference settings. What would someone with reduced eyesight who scales up his/her font in the UA get ? I agree this is a theoretical problem but in practice I have yet to see it as an issue. I have tested with scores of people with visual impairments - they rarely use browser text size and instead use magnification or nothing (many of them don't know that you can increase the text size until we tell them - but that's another issue). Now what could be a problem is using a graphic that does not have a defined background colour e.g. a black asterix that disappears when a black background is selected as user preferences (this I see a lot) thus if you use a graphic make it as big and as bold as possible and make sure the background and foreground are specified and contrast well. Jon
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