Re: accessibility and usability

[Neal <neal413@yahoo.com>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:30:54 -0800, Leonard Blaisdell <leo@greatbasin.com> 
wrote:

> In article <user-00DA80.06431801122004@news.euro.net>, Sander Tekelenburg
> <user@domain.invalid> wrote:
>
> > To me that's just a subset of 'accessibility". When content is Flash- or
> > javascript- or CSS-dependant, it is inaccessible to browsing
> > environments that don't handle Flash or javascript or CSS. Equally, when
> > content is sight-dependant (like an image without a useful ALT
> > attribute), it is not accessible to people who can't see (and to
> > spiders).
>
> Forgive me, but I have no idea how a site can be CSS dependant. I'm sure
> I'm out of my league here. I'm missing something as usual.

Just one example:

<div>
<h1>Shadows</h1>
<h1 class="shadow">Shadows</h1>
</div>

with CSS

div {position: relative;}
.shadow {position: absolute; top: 2px; left: -2px; color: #ccc;}