- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 17:27:57 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi everyone, In my last email I suggested using system colors in CSS as a technique for accessibility -- this is not a new concept, really, as it's mentioned in the CSS 2 spec itself: Style rules that take into account user preferences thus offer the following advantages: 1. They produce pages that fit the user's defined look and feel. 2. They produce pages that may be more accessible as the current user settings may be related to a disability. As a test, I took the HTML Writers Guild's web site -- which uses CSS to create green buttons with white text on a tan background -- and rewrote the CSS to use system colors. The original is at http://www.hwg.org/ of course -- you can view the test page at: http://kynn.com/access/colors/hwg.html So far I've tested this with the following results: 1. Works in IE 5 for Mac 2. Works in IE 5 for Windows 3. Works in Opera 5 for Windows 4. BREAKS HORRIBLY in Netscape 4 for Mac 5. BREAKS HORRIBLY in Netscape 4 for Windows The download of Netscape 6.1 preview release seems to be taking forever to even start (what is up with that?) so I haven't tested it on that yet. --Kynn PS: Frankly, I think that anyone using Netscape 4 should immediately disable CSS -- if possible -- since it causes far more problems than it's worth! -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Reef North America Accessibility - W3C - Integrator Network Tel +1 949-567-7006 ________________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ________________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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