- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:42:03 -0800
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 10:05 AM 11/23/00 -0800, Kynn Bartlett wrote: >At 5:32 PM +0000 11/23/00, Sean B. Palmer wrote: >>True. We need RDF, for stuff like this. I suppose we have to ask "why do we >>want this bit of text to be 'big'?". All current methods are hacks (<font>, >><big>, <strong class="big">), but if something needs to be bigger, there >>must be a reason. Once we have found that reason, it must be possible to >>include the reason in the markup and add style based on that meaning. Speaking as a teacher and sometimes author, the reason the author put something in <b> or <strong>, and perhaps <big>, is because IT'S GONNA BE ON THE TEST!!! <grin> .... Beyond that, read the text and find it what's going on ...! If the user can't read the text, then the next step is graphic-visual or other sensory modalities ... Would you rather all text be the same and there be no way to add emphasis via any commands? How would that be "better"? ... When the author selects a text and marks it bold, he/she is talking directly to you the user, that this is more important than the other text ... In the past few days I've been working on web pages a lot, using Front Page, and noticed a properties screen that appears to allow some "style sheet" type properties, including "class" ... haven't experimented with it yet, but wonder how promising it is.... Anne Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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