Re: WCAG compliance question

FWIW, I've found that turning off CSS to be helpful when evaluating a website, since it can tell me when positioning is being used correctly, text can be enlarged, images are used instead of text, link phrases are helpful--just a clean view of things and, as Heather mentioned, whether functionality is separate from presentation. 

Back in WCAG 1.0 days being able to use a site with CSS turned off was a requirement, which is where I picked up the habit. 

Mike

> On Feb 26, 2016, at 6:42 PM, Durham, Heather <heather.durham@pearson.com> wrote:
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> I believe you may have misunderstood. Disabling CSS is not a requirement, but functionality that a user needs in order to use a web page shouldn't be coded into the CSS layer, which would then be lost if CSS is disabled.
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>> well, the only reference to CSS in 1.3.1that I found is an advisory technique to encourage actually using CSS correctly: [red underline highlighting added]
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>> Additional Techniques (Advisory) for 1.3.1
>> Although not required for conformance, the following additional techniques should be considered in order to make contentmore accessible. Not all techniques can be used or would be effective in all situations.
>> 
>> C22: Using CSS to control visual presentation of text(CSS)
>> Using CSS rather than tables for page layout (future link)
>> 
>> nothing abut disabling CSS as a requirement that I could find.
>> ___________
>> Regards,
>> Phill Jenkins, 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From:        "Durham, Heather" <heather.durham@pearson.com>
>> To:        Phill Jenkins/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
>> Cc:        WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>> Date:        02/26/2016 04:25 PM
>> Subject:        Re: WCAG compliance question
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It is what I understood from this:
>> WCAG 2.0 – Level A - 1.3.1 Info and Relationships:
>> Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined or are available in text. (Level A)
>> 
>> https://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20120103/content-structure-separation-programmatic.html
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>> ​​
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>> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>> > Here's my take: With CSS disabled, users must be able to view, reach, activate and interact . . .
>> 
>> Are you suggesting a new success criteria for WCAG 2.x? 
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>> or is that your individual interpretation? 
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>> Otherwise, where in WCAG 2.0 does it require the web app to work with CSS disabled? 
>> 
>> ___________
>> Regards,
>> Phill Jenkins,
>> 
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