Posted by Neredbojias on 09/07/05 02:40

With neither quill nor qualm, Els quothed:

> Els wrote:
>
> > Neredbojias wrote:
> >
> >> With neither quill nor qualm, kchayka quothed:
> >>
> >>> Neredbojias wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> text-indent: -5000px; /* hide text from css enabled browsers */
> >>>
> >>> That's a method of image-replacement, one of the more bad ones, methinks
> >>> (no method is actually good, some are just less bad than others). This
> >>> one leaves the visitor with nothing when image loading is disabled. :(
> >>
> >> I'd say bad indeed. Why not just display:none; it if nothing else?
> >
> > If it's used to hide text from screen-readers:
>
> Make that "if it's used to hide text from graphical browsers but
> display it for screen-readers:"
>
> > several (if not most)
> > screenreaders will parse the display:none; style as well.

But a screen-reader wouldn't parse the text-indent line?

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Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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