Re: [CODE4LIB] Photo galleries and accessibility

2006-07-13 Thread Tod Olson
On Jul 12, 2006, at 10:07 PM, Amy M Ostrom wrote: I have been pushing to keep the 508 standards or accessibility by clean design in mind with our new site redesign. We came upon a stumbling block in regards to photo galleries (we take a lot of pictures for our events) and the overuse of tables

Re: [CODE4LIB] Photo galleries and accessibility

2006-07-13 Thread Antonio Barrera
Actually, as far as I understand the accessibility issue, you would be completely valid in using tables for layout in this instance. From the WCAG 1.0 guidelines: 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, provide a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Photo galleries and accessibility

2006-07-12 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On 7/13/06, Amy M Ostrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Or does anyone know about photo galleries and accessibility? There is a bigger group of people which can both see images and have accessibility needs; low-vision users (estimated some 30% of all users). Having said that, there's really nothin

[CODE4LIB] Photo galleries and accessibility

2006-07-12 Thread Amy M Ostrom
Dear Code4Libbers: I have been pushing to keep the 508 standards or accessibility by clean design in mind with our new site redesign. We came upon a stumbling block in regards to photo galleries (we take a lot of pictures for our events) and the overuse of tables to display these. I am building