- From: Access Systems <accessys@smart.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:14:12 -0500 (EST)
- To: Joel Ward <ward_joel@bah.com>
- cc: WAI List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Joel Ward wrote: > How would you suggest we make the background content available to all users? tough one. and it would have to vary by use > > Would a longdesc-like description be useful? (I know longdesc doesn't work > with background images, but we could add footer text or a link somewhere on > the page that describes the background.) this would work, using the wheelchair example posted earlier. [background image of well dressed middle aged man in wheelchair facing forward] or same type image [young woman in sports outfit using racing wheelchair popping a wheelie while going off curb] or how about [nurse pushing elderly man in wheelchair down hall of nursing home] some basic background (wheelchair) but could have very different meanings > And are you saying we always need to describe background images, even if > they are just patterns? Or just for background images with pictures or > meaningful drawings? maybe an introduction with background information eg administration is red finance is blue personel is green etc Bob > > Joel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Access Systems" <accessys@smart.net> > To: "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa@xs4all.nl> > Cc: "Harry Woodrow" <harrry@email.com>; <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:26 AM > Subject: Re: background-image in CSS > > > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Ineke van der Maat wrote: > > > > > Hello Harry, > > > > > > Look at my poemsite http://home.zonnet.nl/ineke.maat > > > > > > I use for the whole site a very special background-image (it is part > of a tree-image) only for getting an effect. The real > > > background of that page is white and the background-image has nothing > to do with the content of that page....or am I wrong????? > > > > don't people with screen readers have a right to the "effect" you think is > > usefull for some people but not others. Why the difference? Do you > > think that visually impaired folks cannot get an "effect" or that they > > don't deserve that "effect"?????? > > > > > I don't see what you see > > > > nor can you hear what I see > > > > > but you are also not me. > > > So when you see the same as me > > > are you still you or are you me? > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > Greetings > > > Ineke > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Harry Woodrow" <harrry@email.com> > > > To: "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa@xs4all.nl>; "Kynn Bartlett" > <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>; <jason@bartsite.com>; <jon@spinsol.com>; > > > <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:06 PM > > > Subject: RE: background-image in CSS > > > > > > > > > > You said used to get an effect....isn't the effect then content? > > > > > > > > Harry WOodrow > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob > > NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail accessys@smartnospam.net > > NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems, engineers > > NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil right > > > *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# > *# > > THIS message and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be > > privileged. They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity named > > above. If you are not the intended recipient, Please notify the sender as > > soon as possible. Please DO NOT READ, COPY, USE, or DISCLOSE this > > communication to others and DELETE it from your computer systems. Thanks > > > > > > > ASCII Ribbon Campaign accessBob NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail accessys@smartnospam.net NO MSWord docs in e-mail Access Systems, engineers NO attachments in e-mail, *LINUX powered* access is a civil right *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# THIS message and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be privileged. They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, Please notify the sender as soon as possible. Please DO NOT READ, COPY, USE, or DISCLOSE this communication to others and DELETE it from your computer systems. Thanks
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