- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:22:14 -0500 (EST)
- To: "Neff, Robert" <Robert.Neff@usmint.treas.gov>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, "'Joan Piroch'" <d4951@sccoast.net>, Jamie Fox <jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
The way I understood the question it was "how do I do this, and what happens when people use an older browser". My answer is "Use CSS is how you do it. If people use a browser that is older than Explorer 3 they will lose the effect. But if people use a browser that is older than explorer 3 they are clearly not motivated by the latest and greatest presentation, so I wouldn't be too concerned." It's a little like assuming that people are going to be using Black and White TV (much more common outside the USA), except that where there is a clear accessibility isue with the use of colour there is much less issue with indenting text. (If there is some markup-expressible reason to indent the text, for example because it is a quote, then the natural way to do it is by using blockquote or whatever is relevant, but I am assuming it isn't the case.) Charles McCN On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Neff, Robert wrote: Its not about whether or not your browser supports CSS, rather its about what the corporate design standards are. What jamie is asking is, "How do you do this if you do not use CSS" -----Original Message----- From: Charles McCathieNevile [mailto:charles@w3.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 1:06 PM To: Neff, Robert Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; 'Joan Piroch'; Jamie Fox Subject: RE: indenting Assume that people who have browsers which do not support CSS are probably not very interested in presentation controlled to the level provided by CSS. Charles McCN On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Neff, Robert wrote: you cannot rely on CSS! what are other options! /rob -----Original Message----- From: Joan Piroch [mailto:d4951@sccoast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 12:21 PM To: Jamie Fox Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: indenting At 03:13 PM 12/6/99 -0500, Jamie Fox wrote: >I want to indent sections of a document without using spaces or some other >cheat. I want to do something similar to what <blockquote> does. Will ><DIR> do it and how will it hold up on older browsers? Thanks for your >help. > >-Jamie Fox >>CSS is what you want to use here. Something such as the following: div.section1 { margin-left:20px } in the head section or in a linked style sheet. Then: <div class="section1"> in the code. This will "degrade gracefully" in older browsers, although it will NOT be indented. HTH Paul --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI 21 Mitchell Street, Footscray, VIC 3011, Australia (I've moved!) --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI 21 Mitchell Street, Footscray, VIC 3011, Australia (I've moved!)
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