- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 09:32:53 -0600
- To: Kitch Barnicle <kitch@afb.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Comments are labeled JRG: >I am also a bit confused about the section >entitled "Ignore Page Formatting Specifications." JRG: I ment this to mean that inline formating attributes of elements would be ignored. > >Should we just specify that the user's choices should >take precedence? JRG:This could lead to a mixture of user and author formatting information if the user doesn't specify all colors, fonts and sizes in the default style sheet, which could lead to unpredictable results. I think the recommendation should be to ignore author font, color and size formatting and use only the user preferences. > >Also, will we need something like that suggested by >Constantine Stephanidis if user's do not specify all >colors or simply turn off background images? > >"the browser should attempt to perform "clever" color >substitution, so as to ensure that all text in a page >is visible and has a satisfactory contrast with the > page background. " jrg: This is probably a technique documented in DHTML to provide dynamic text presentation (like blinking and other visual attention effects). So I am not sure where the W3C stands on the topic. While it is an important problem can it be satisfied by other means. Like in the default style sheet the user cannot set colors to produce invisible text. Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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