Re: Reflow techniques

Dear Alastair,
Preformatted text is always a problem. Well if the width of the text never
uses more than 1/4 of the screen, it is OK. Otherwise, you scroll in the
direction of text.

The question is: When is preformatted text necessary.
It must be required to support the usage or meaning.
What content would meet this requirement?
I reference Macbeth. It is a long piece in iambic pentameter.
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/full.html.

One might think it would require pre-text, but  MIT managed a nicely
functional page that wraps intelligently.

Programming code does not require preformatted text as witnessed by the
Stylus editor or Webstorm.

If we want positive guidance we need some realistic examples of necessary
pre-text. I am at a loss. I have really thought about this.

Best, Wayne




On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:46 PM Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Triggered by a conversation on the AG list, I did a little tidy-up of the
> techniques listed in reflow:
>
> https://cdn.staticaly.com/gh/w3c/wcag/reflow-technique-list/understanding/21/reflow.html?x=3#techniques
>
> The changes are:
>
>   *   Transforming the pre failure technique into a positive sufficient
> one.
>
>   *   Removing the 'reflowing simple data tables', there is disagreement
> that is possible without creating other accessibility issues.
>
>   *   Modifying the wording of the mechanism to 'switch to mobile'
> technique.
> The conversation was about the failure of pre based text, which was
> difficult as there are (I think) some uses of pre which are 'essential'.
>
> However, a sufficient technique changes the conversation to 'Well, how is
> that usage essential if you can use this technique to let it reflow?'
>
> Please let me know if I've missed or misunderstood something.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Alastair
>
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