- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:36:02 -0400
- To: wai-xtech@w3.org
- Cc: wai-liaison@w3.org
at amazon dot com, no less... it's a good thing i still use lynx to look up things like CD playlists, otherwise, i wouldn't have known about amazon's psuedo-implementation of the WCAG2 technique of using overflow pointed out to me by al in a side thread on wai-liaison, to hide content from CSS-capable browsers, leaving it exposed to text-only renderers (such as lynx or a refreshable braille display) and mobile devices -- the alternate amazon is located at: http://www.amazon.com/access here is the pertinent snippet of document source: <q cite="http://www.amazon.com/"> <DIV STYLE="position:absolute; left:0px; top:-500px; width:1px; height:1px; overflow:hidden;"> <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/access">A different version of this web site containing similar content optimized for screen readers and mobile devices may be found at the web address: www.amazon.com/access</A></DIV> <A NAME="top"></A> </q> here is the pertinent snippet from WCAG2: <q cite="http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-TECHS/#C7"> The following examples use the CSS2 selector and rule set below: span { height: 1px; width: 1px; position: absolute; overflow: hidden; top: -10px; ) </q> gregory, with a thanks to al for pointing out the WCAG20 technique ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html ----------------------------------------------------------------
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