Posted by Chaddy2222 on 11/06/07 12:25

1001 Webs wrote:

> On Nov 6, 12:50 pm, Travis Newbury <TravisNewb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 6, 6:29 am, 1001 Webs <1001w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Nov 6, 12:14 pm, Chaddy2222 <spamlovermailbox-
> >
> > > sicur...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > > > Ed Jensen wrote:
> > > > > Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > > > > > I understand what you're saying - I do the same. But don't blame CSS on
> > > > > > the developer's poor choice of font sizes.
> >
> > > > > It's not really a font size problem. People viewing web pages should
> > > > > be able to override the fonts and font sizes in web pages and the web
> > > > > page should still render correctly.
> >
> > > > > The problem is that when users do that, the web pages end up rendering
> > > > > incorrectly.
> >
> > > > > > Not if they're designed properly. However, there are too many people
> > > > > > who think they're web developers who don't have any idea what they're
> > > > > > doing. And they don't try different default font sizes.
> >
> > > > > My experience has been that CSS based layout problems are pretty much
> > > > > universal. Big sites, small sites, free sites, expensive sites,
> > > > > amateur sites, professional sites.
> >
> > > > > > Sure. Good CSS doesn't suffer from those problems. It's all in
> > > > > > understanding the markup and testing.
> >
> > > > > This is where we disagree.
> >
> > > > > I've been in the software development field for a long time, and I've
> > > > > come to realize that when almost everyone is using a tool incorrectly,
> > > > > it's almost always because the tool itself is poorly designed.
> >
> > > > > If almost everyone is getting their CSS based layouts wrong, something
> > > > > is probably wrong with CSS based layout technology in general.
> >
> > > > Nah I think you will find it's the designer. My main site at:http://freewebdesign.awardspace.bizshouldresize if the font size is
> > > > increased.
> >
> > > How can you say that you specialise in making websites that are
> > > accessible to the widest range of people possible, if you need the
> > > Flash Player to access the content of your website?
> >
> > Flash IS content. A website is HTML and CSS. Everything else is
> > content. So if you want to see Flash content, then you need the Flash
> > player. If you want to see Java content, then you need Java, if you
> > want to see WMV content then you need Media Player.
> >
> > Everyone seems to forget Flash IS content.
>
> Maybe so.
> But I doubt it can rightly be defined as accessible content.
Neather is audio for a particular part of the disability community,
but the deff don't need descriptions of live audio content.
The slide show is visual.
You can't really be done any other way.

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