Re: changing presentation of links

this issue was just raised in public comment.   If you don't see the reply there -- you will see the reply shortly.

PS - G183 says more than that.  It has to also be distinguishable before you point at it -- the pointing only makes it more distinguishable.   

so the failure and the G183 are not in conflict


Gregg
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On Mar 22, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> Sorry to jump on an old thread, but I'm back in the accessibility
> universe now, and this came up today.
> 
> Specifically on link colour and distinguishing links from general
> text, there's a conflict in the success & fail criteria for 1.4.1.
> 
> The test from G183 [1] specifically says that changing the link on
> mouseover/focus to include an underline or other mechanism is ok,
> whereas F73 [2] says that is not sufficient.
> 
>> From the previous discussion, it sounds like G183 should be
> deprecated, as if we are talking about "people who cannot perceive
> color differences" then the contrast aspect is irrelevant.
> 
> -Alastair
> 
> 1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/G183
> 2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20120103/F73
>