- From: <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:09:50 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- cc: "Leonard R. Kasday" <kasday@acm.org>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I agree that we need to cover this potential problem - using images that
contain information as backgrounds. I would recommend that we add
"backgrounds" to the WCAG checkpoint 1.1 wording and an HTML/CSS technique
be added to something to the effect of the following:
WCAG 1.1: ...This includes: images, images of text and symbols, image map
regions, backgrounds, animations ...
Technique
If the background includes information in an image
<body background="image.gif"> or <table background="image.gif"> etc.
and the information is important
then insure the information is found elsewhere on the foreground of
the page
Rationale
Background images can be turned off
people with low-vision and cognitive disabilities may turn off
background images for improved readability
Testing
Using a graphical browser:
Turn off background images - is the information still available
on the foreground of the page?
Using a non-graphical browser (text-only, voice, etc.)
Load the page - is the information still available?
Regards,
Phill Jenkins
IBM Accessibility Center - Special Needs Systems
http://www.ibm.com/able
Received on Thursday, 22 June 2000 11:14:28 UTC