RE: [WSG] I'm on a question roll.... background images on links

2005-09-01 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Hi Ted Just so you are aware, background images are not read by screen readers so if you are trying to make the site accessible you should ensure that there is an alternate way of identifying the link as opening a new window. (Informing the user of opening a new window is a Level AA issue but if

[WSG] Auto-redirect and its place in WCAG 2.0

2005-08-04 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Hi Currently the W3C WCAG Working Group have been working on mapping the WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0. I have been assigned an action item to investigate the mapping of the WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 7.5: Until user agents provide the ability to stop auto-redirect, do not use markup to redirect pages

FW: [WSG] Auto-redirect and its place in WCAG 2.0

2005-08-04 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
email alias... :-( On 8/5/05, Gian Sampson-Wild (PurpleTop) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Currently the W3C WCAG Working Group have been working on mapping the WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0. I have been assigned an action item to investigate the mapping of the WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 7.5: Until user agents

RE: [WSG] Access Key question

2005-04-08 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Access keys are problematic - as mentioned previously they are often used by various applications. IBM Homepage Reader uses numeral access keys, and if you have numeral access keys in your site you will over-ride this. Another option is to provide a structure of related pages using the following:

RE: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-02-03 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
I know this was awhile ago, but in case it hasn't been covered, you are unlikely to be able to sue as the Australian accessibility regulations come from the Disability Discrimination Act - they are discriminating against people using particular software, but not people because they have a

[WSG] IE and background colour

2004-11-10 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Does anyone know why, all of a sudden, I cant over-ride the background colour of a site in IE? The background colour is specified via style sheets, so there should be no problem once CSS is turned off, but it still forces the background to white. Example: www.villamaria.com.au I have