RE: Using the word 'below' as a visual characteristic

Perfect, thanks Patrick. These little user cases /anomalies are less obvious from the w3.org online resources!

Kind regards
Louise

From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
Sent: 08 June 2021 12:25
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: Using the word 'below' as a visual characteristic

I'd say "below" has generally taken on the meaning/connotation of "following/after this" - so as long as the thing being referred to comes *after* this description in the linear flow of the page/document I'd say it's fine. Same with "above".

P


On 8 Jun 2021, at 12:06, Louise Lister <Louise.Lister@iop.org<mailto:Louise.Lister@iop.org>> wrote:

Hello all,

I hope that you are all having good weather wherever you are!

I’ve just been reviewing our website for over reliance on visual characteristics (shape, size, colour, position) and noticed that we use the term ‘below’ a bit.

For example:

“Please see below a list of …”
“See guidance notes below”

Can someone tell me if the use of the word ‘below’ equals an over reliance on ‘position’, and would fail a WCAG check? I’m hoping this is okay as there’s may not be a succinct alternative.

Thank you for your help!

Kind regards
Louise

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