- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 23:31:26 +0900
- To: "Ben Gilmore" <beng@getfrank.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
some further ideas... On Friday, Nov 21, 2003, at 18:49 Japan, Ben Gilmore wrote: 3 clear good ideas, and > 3) Use mark up rather then images to convey information (what are > opinions > on the use of images for naviagation?) Images are great for navigation if they are clear, easily distinguished from each other, and especially if there is accompanying text. A bit like most browsers have a choice of icons, icons with text, or text only for controls. (You can do this in a site easily enough with stylesheet switching...) > 4) Use of relative rather then absolute units. Fluid Vs. fix design? > This is > possibly the biggest point of contention and I currious what is the > list > opions on this... People here interprite it in a number of ways. I believe this is meant to encourage fluid design, in particular which will adapt to users changing the default font size. At least that is what I had in mind when it was first proposed for the guidelines. Another thing I find is important is to consider valid markup and clean separation of the presentation into style sheets. If you are using a content management system of some kind you will also find it helpful to be able to store assorted metadata about the pieces of content - alternatives that have been used with images (this may vary with context, so being able to store more than one is helpful), language information, a searchable set of information about the images you have available, etc. (The Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines are relevant to this case). just a couple of thoughts cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Fundación Sidar charles@sidar.org http://www.sidar.org
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