- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:52:04 +0000
- To: "T.V Raman" <raman@google.com>
- Cc: wai-xtech@w3.org
aloha, again, raman! as dave pointed out, i'm trying to deal with the here and now, as well as "looking" forward -- whether you or i or anyone else likes it, the majority of users are stuck with the tools they have at their disposal, not necessarily the best, brightest and newest... what is important right now is the collection of actual data as to what precisely supports exposure of CSS-generated text, which can be slash could be slash should be available to all, either through inclusion in the DOM or, at the very least, as a string integrated into the document's content flow... i am in violent agreement with your statement that quote CSS-generated content, if implemented correctly between the browser and AT is a win for accessibility unquote, but that is but one aspect of the exercise -- ascertaining what works, what's available to what API, what can be communicated as a string that is integrated into the document flow, and so on, is essential, in order that the sources of the problems of today can be isolated, identified and illuminated, so that "responsibility" on the part of a CSS-aware user agent and on the part of the assistive technology can be properly determined, as a first step towards rectifying the situation... and, as i stated earlier, there is a need for a solution that works with today's technologies -- FF has taken the initial step, by making available the nesting levels and enumeration schemes defined by authors via CSS to control list formatting, so there are potential solutions which can be effected with today's technologies... this is an important consideration in a world of color coding, from the DIFF- marked content on a wiki history page to DIFF-marked drafts, such as W3C drafts, where style has been separated from content using style sheets, but there isn't a win for anyone, if those style sheets are used to provide visual cues alone, through background and foreground color changes which are inperceptable to an individual's AT. gregory. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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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