- From: Andy Keyworth <akeyworth@tbase.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 12:49:21 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Thank you; this is what I've been suspecting. Andy Keyworth Senior Web Accessibility Specialist T-Base Communications Phone: 613-236-0866 | Toll free: 1-800-563-0668 x 1256 www.tbase.com | Ogdensburg, NY | Ottawa, ON ALL TOUCH POINTS. ALL ACCESS METHODS. ALL FORMATS.TM This email may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please delete this email message immediately. -----Original Message----- From: chaals@yandex-team.ru [mailto:chaals@yandex-team.ru] Sent: December-01-14 11:24 AM To: Patrick H. Lauke; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: When reviewing a site with CSS disabled, "sea of white" appears: is this a real accessibility issue? Disabling CSS might be a proxy test for situations that are real - but it may be a bad one. Situations you should consider are people using high contrast modes, and people using a fair bit of magnification. IMHO cheers 01.12.2014, 19:17, "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>: > On 01/12/2014 16:05, Andy Keyworth wrote: >> The only situation I can imagine this >> impacting is low-vision users who (by force of long habit, perhaps?) >> use a CSS-disabled view to read websites, and for whom these seas of >> white space would be challenging. But I don't know if there is any >> estimate on the number of real users this description fits. > > I'll put my neck on the line and say that, in my estimation, this > would be an edge case at best, so would not regard that as a problem. > > P > -- > Patrick H. Lauke > > www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke > http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com > twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke -- Charles McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex chaals@yandex-team.ru - - - Find more at http://yandex.com ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4765 / Virus Database: 4189/8646 - Release Date: 11/28/14
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