> Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > If the generated image also has the right alt text, you can > copy paste > if you start just before the image (just as with sIFR). The > only thing > that you can't do is select just a set of characters/words from the > replaced heading itself
... you also cannot _resize_ text which is represented using graphics. Please consider that the most common accessibility problem on sites is _still_ text which is too small ... even if only for the sake of my poor failing eyes! :D I have an almost daily battle to convince various designers that "10px Arial is _not_ the ideal font size"! (I, for one, cannot read this ... and I'm only 31 and my eyesight is actually pretty good) > Susie Gardner-Brown wrote: > surely on the web we can produce sites that are accessible, and still > beautiful?! Absolutely! The point is that it is not necessary to specify the exact dimensions and properties of every aspect of a page in order to achieve this. Having sent a link yesterday to Alex Poole's site (http://www.alexpoole.info/), I was having a look around ... I like it a lot. I think it looks very nice - simple, elegant - using "elastic" techniques that allow the design to resize whilst maintaining the integrity of its appearance. It's simplicity also makes it easy to override anything a user might find difficult. One of my bete noires is sites which break when the text is resized a couple of "notches" up. I see this _so_ often, and it irks me. There are other things to consider vis-a-vis accessibility, of course ... but you're probably going the right way if you've considered this type of thing. The reason I made my initial point is that, IMHO, the residual approaches of print design are still, regrettably, prevalent and are totally incompatible with good web design at a fundamental level. I think that good, accessible web design is, in fact, always better design more generally ... because it takes proper consideration of its context and audience. After all, a beautiful wheel made of gold is not really a wheel at all ;D Chris ******************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or one of its agents. Please note that neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept any responsibility for viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or its agents by means of e-mail communication. Macmillan Publishers Limited Registered in England and Wales with registered number 785998 Registered Office Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS ******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
