> Jukka K. Korpela replied to Peter Coates:
>
> > > Why not use
> > > ul {
> > > list-style-image URL(bullet.gif);
> > > }
> > >
> > > I believe that is supported by IE.
>
> > The safest way to get bullets in larger size is to use bullet
> > characters and
> > font-size on them. In that case you would not use list markup at all
> (or,
> > less safely, would use <ul> with list-style-type: none), e.g.
> >
> > <div class="item"><span class="bull">•</span> list item
> text</div>
>
> I can't believe I'm disagreeing with the estimable Yucca, but this is
> not
> the best advice. Firstly, using meaningless glyphs for presentational
> purposes is bad for accessibility, because they are read out by screen
> readers -- install the Fangs extension see what it would sound like.
> (For
> the same reason, don't use | characters for vertical dividers or >
> characters for arrows -- use CSS borders or background images.)
Back in the day most screen-readers did not read out character entities (at
least not out of the box - with default settings).
I'm not sure about the Fang extension, but FF extensions are not mainstream
SRs. For example, Fire Vox reads MathML which Jaws and Windows Eyes do not
[1] (this info may be dated though).
[1] http://www.accessibleculture.org/research/characterReferences/
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Regards,
Thierry
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