Accessibility: transparency and links

I've read the thread: "Interaction with invisible elements"
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2001Mar/0020.html


I am a teacher, and my students have learning difficulties and cannot read*.
I am having a similar problem with transparency and links.

A testcase that clearly demonstrates the problem is here....
http://www.peepo.com/w3/transparent-links/
moving the mouse over the smaller icon will change the location or link.
This is a very confusing message and is severely limiting development of our
project
http://www.peepo.com/crap/lbv/ A more complex beta site that requires IE5.5,
javascript and cookies,
it demonstrates the potential for non-literate users to move linked images
to suit their interests.
It has been very well received by my students, unlike some other sites I
have designed.

It has been suggested that this 'may' be a CSS issue, and that I could raise
this
issue with www-styles@w3.org .

There is no immediate rush, but I would appreciate your attention to this
matter, and some comments on its likely development.

*similarly text readers are not particularly helpful, also SVG and imagemaps
are not ideal routes either....

jonathan chetwynd
IT teacher (LDD)
j.chetwynd@btinternet.com
http://www.peepo.com         "The first and still the best picture directory
on the web"

Received on Friday, 6 July 2001 10:35:22 UTC