Re: [WSG] small and big : accessibility usage?
Acording to the WHAT-WG the small element does have semantic meaning. I don't have the link though. They basically said that it was good for things like 'small print' and such cases. I think small is an unusal case here and is meanigful and useful. Alan Trick Matt Thommes wrote: Is there any reason at all to ever use small, and big? I know they are visual elements, but I thought I heard somewhere that small represents a tonal adjustment, for screen readers - such as *lowering* the tone of voice. em and strong provide levels of emphasis - but is there an opposite to that? The other end of the spectrum, I mean? MATTHOM matthom.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] small and big : accessibility usage?
Alan Trick wrote: Acording to the WHAT-WG the small element does have semantic meaning. I don't have the link though. They basically said that it was good for things like 'small print' and such cases. I think small is an unusal case here and is meanigful and useful. Alan Trick I think that when we are trying to apply accessibility principles we need to try to keep in mind the notion of device independance, and to a blind user small and big have no relevant descriptive meaning, because that element is then telling them that the word or phrase is either *small* or *large* in size, which isn't a true semantic markup, it's presentational. I like Tim Bray's discussion on Descriptive markup as opposed to Semantic markup. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/09/SemanticMarkup Geoff Deering ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
[WSG] small and big : accessibility usage?
Is there any reason at all to ever use small, and big? I know they are visual elements, but I thought I heard somewhere that small represents a tonal adjustment, for screen readers - such as *lowering* the tone of voice. em and strong provide levels of emphasis - but is there an opposite to that? The other end of the spectrum, I mean? MATTHOM matthom.com/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
