- From: The Snider's Web <lsnider@thesnidersweb.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 14:28:17 -0300
- To: Marek Prokop <mprokop@prokopsw.cz>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Marek, Thanks, this is definitely something to look at. Cheers Lisa At 10:15 AM 8/30/2002 +0200, Marek Prokop wrote: >The Snider's Web [SMTP:lsnider@thesnidersweb.com] wrote: > > When I put the css through the w3c css validator > > it warns me to put in a colour for the links. > > I didn't put a colour in for the link and visited > > link as I wanted them to remain the normal > > default colour. Do I still have to list these colours > > to be sure? > >Well, you may want to leave the default color for the links, but >in this case you shouldn't redefine the background color too. >The validator warns you when you change color or >background-color leaving the second default. It's not an error, >message, it's only a warning. > >Why? Suppose a user set up her browser to use gray text on blue >background, yellow links and white visited links. Then you >define white background and black text in your style sheet >leaving the link color default. What happens is that the user >will not be able to see visited links at all, because they will >be rendered white on white. Also yellow links in the white >background wouldn't be much readable. > >Hope this helps. > >Marek Lisa Snider President The Snider's Web Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada Phone: (902) 488-9876 Fax: (902) 484-5694 Sackville, NB Office Phone: (506) 536-4992 E-mail: lsnider@thesnidersweb.com Web Site: http://www.thesnidersweb.com We provide professional web design, internet research and internet counselling. "We Untangle The Web For You"
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