- From: Jo Miller <jo@bendingline.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:21:32 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Browser support of this CSS2 feature is still not very good, unfortunately. IE4-5 will use the image specified in the CSS but will rarely align the images properly next to the list items. > i think you may have misunderstood RNIB's advice -- use null ALT text > > (ALT="") for spacer images and ALT="*" for graphical bullets, list item >> indicators, etc., so that the user isn't forced to hear: > >However, one should note that IE 4+ and NS 6 have a better way of >doing this which degrades cleanly: you can set the image for real list >bullets using CSS2. (I think NS4 on Windows half implements this and >will honour alternative stock choices (disc, circle, etc.), but not >images. Unfortunately most designers have stereotyped code for these >UL simulations, so probably don't realise there has been an alternative >for several years. > >I'm not completely sure that NS4 doesn't do it with images; NS4 >incorrectly interprets relative URLs in style sheets which can break >style images. -- Jo Miller jo@bendingline.com
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