- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 11:34:18 -0400
- To: "webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net" <webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net>
- Cc: "w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
> The author could also use black-text-on-black-background to hide the >character on compliant GUI browsers. Yes, very neat workaround. Will forward to wcag. Len > > >On Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:12 AM, Leonard R. Kasday [SMTP:kasday@acm.org] >wrote: >> Hi wcag editor, >> >> Here's something that came up in an er-ig discussion. >> >> I've seen a couple of cases where people color table cells to show >> information. See for example discussion at >> >> http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday/talks/pa-web/parktable.html >> >> Note this is a real data table, not merely use of table for layout. >> >> I didn't see a checkpoint that explicitly warned against this. For >> example, "don't use color alone" doesn't really apply if the fill color >is >> black... people don't think of that as using color. >> >> The workaround for this is to put an image in the cell with alt text. > The >> image could be a rectangle filling the cell or some other shape. In >either >> case there can be suitable alt text. >> >> Len >> ------- >> Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. >> Universal Design Engineer, Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and >> Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering >> Temple University >> >> Ritter Hall Annex, Room 423, Philadelphia, PA 19122 >> kasday@acm.org >> (215} 204-2247 (voice) >> (800) 750-7428 (TTY) > > > > ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Universal Design Engineer, Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering Temple University Ritter Hall Annex, Room 423, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org (215} 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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