unreadable with a style sheet using only CSS and no script or DHTML.
I remember, for example, sites (especially right after CSS "hit it") that
used style sheets to position content for text effects. They might take
three copies of the same content and then position them to create a
highlight and drop shadow effects. However when seen without the style
sheet you ended up with a mish-mash of duplicated headers and lines and
initial characters.
I've also see silly layouts with vertical or otherwise extremely positioned
text that were just illegible without the associated sheet. These are
"worse" in a sense because they are actually doable in an accessible manner
but more care was taken on the pretty layout than one the content.
Jim Davis
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From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:30 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Section 508
That paragraph actually means that you can't write content to a document via
something like _javascript_ and CSS (ie DHTML).
for instance, if you were using DHTML to open a layer in which _javascript_
wrote something using document.write(), that is not allowed, because the
content of a page would not be the same as if CSS (and _javascript_) were
turned on.
A page must contain the same information with or without the use of CSS. It
doesn't have to look the same. A page can be styled in CSS using
positioning, etc. and still be completely readable when style sheets are
turned off.
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From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:13 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Section 508
Jeremy Brodie wrote:
>
> (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an
associated style sheet.
>
> Comment: The W3 tells us to use stylesheets for asseability purposes! This
item takes web design a step backwards instead of forwards.
Why would it take design a step backwards instead of forward? All
it requires is that you make sure your site is readable without
stylesheets.
Jochem
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immigrants don't work
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