- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:54:25 -0600 (CST)
- To: "John Carpenter" <John.Carpenter@pdms.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi John, Short answer: I don't think that pixels are relative *in the sense intended by the checkpoint* - that is, relative to easily user-adjusted sizes like window size or font-size. I believe I have a fair claim to saying what was intended by the checkpoint, since (I believe :-) I proposed the checkpoint in the first place. A while ago there was a big thread about this question. Around the end of it I went digging through the "recorded history" to check my memory, and came up with the following (see http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2004JulSep/0264 for the message/thread): http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/1998AprJun/0251.html seemed to be the first time the suggestion to keep units relative was made. There is an assertion that I wrote what amounts to the current checkpoint made a few months later when it was shiny and new - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/1998JulSep/0092 is the end of that thread. I don't think I did a great job on the checkpoint, but I think I have explained what I meant in a way that has been very consistent over the subsequent 6 years. I have actually proposed to make an erratum - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2004JanMar/0187 - to clarify the apparent confusion. But the group is focussing mainly on WCAG 2, so these things take time... cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile charles@sidar.org http://www.sidar.org <quote who="John Carpenter"> > "3.4 Use relative rather than absolute units in markup language > attribute values and style sheet property values." > > Are pixels classified as relative units? (For menu width, not font > size)
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