- From: Becky Gibson <Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:34:49 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
>Failures could include:
>1. Using measures which are based on a physical length (for example:
px, in, pt in CSS)
I know it is a controversial subject, but I do have some concerns about
creating a failure which outlaws the use of px. Even the W3C Tips for
Webmasters [1] doesn't speak against using px (although I will admit that
reference, dated 2003 is rather old). Also, px are listed as relative
units in the CSS2 specification [2]. Since user agent support for
different font sizing mechanisms seems to vary greatly and change over
time, I'm not sure we should be making a specific recommendation.
[1] http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/font-size
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#length-units
Becky Gibson
Web Accessibility Architect
IBM Emerging Internet Technologies
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Westford, MA 01886
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Email: gibsonb@us.ibm.com
Received on Wednesday, 15 November 2006 14:35:14 UTC