- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:04:43 -0800
- To: "Charles F. Munat" <chas@munat.com>, "'Dr Nick Fiddes'" <nick@scotweb.ltd.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 2:40 PM -0800 12/14/00, Charles F. Munat wrote: >They are also using FONT tags! And <b>! How can this be AAA or even AA? >So: >3.3 (Priority 2) Use style sheets to control layout and presentation. I read >this as no bgcolor and definitely no font or bold tags. Actually, I have to disagree with this; I don't believe that bgcolor, font, or bold themselves present -any- access problems whatsoever. It is entirely possible to use those elements without creating accessibility barriers. Errors result when those are -relied upon- to provide information, not when they are -used-. That is a subtle but key point to understanding accessibility on the tag level. (Not speaking of specific examples from this page, just speaking in generalities. I do agree that the claim of Triple-A conformance is questionable. By the way, I suggest spelling out Single-A, Double-A, and Triple-A rather than relying on the letters A, AA, and AAA, as those may be rendered unreliably.) >11.2 (Priority 2) Avoid deprecated features of W3C technologies. I read this >as no Transitional XHTML. Strict only. Transitional XHTML is not deprecated. 11.2 does _not_ mandate the use of XHTML Strict. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/
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