> > If your image can't be so described then it is > > decoration and should be brought in via CSS, not your html. > > While this sounds theoretically correct, there is a practical problem. > Decorative images in CSS means (at least for now) using _background_ > images. > When a page is printed, background images are normally omitted. So this > should be considered when deciding whether to use background or content > images. Usually it's OK to omit decoration in print, but not always.
The other issue with background images is that they *disappear* in high contrast mode: http://www.artzstudio.com/2010/04/img-sprites-high-contrast -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | @thierrykoblentz ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
