Re: [WSG] Question about presenting numeric percentages and accessibility.
i would use the unicode entity for fractions: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/mathchart.html#fractions so, 2/3 would be pcolour #8532; of natural.../p Hi all, Just a quick question. I'm writing up a website for a simple brochure site, and the copy I'm provided with refers to something 1/3 of total or colour 2/3 of natural and so on. And it just occured to me, would Number Slash Number (ie; 1/2) cause any issue in regards accessibility, be it screen readers or poor reading or math skills (the correct term for this alludes me for the moment, I'm thinking dyslexia, but not sure that correctly accounts for all potential users). As such I wondered if the abbr tag might be appropriate, or if anyone has a better, more suitable sugestion? Many thanks, John Unsworth. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Question about presenting numeric percentages and accessibility.
What about writing it out: one-third, two-thirds, half? Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 16/10/2008, at 10:01 AM, John Unsworth wrote: Hi all, Just a quick question. I'm writing up a website for a simple brochure site, and the copy I'm provided with refers to something 1/3 of total or colour 2/3 of natural and so on. And it just occured to me, would Number Slash Number (ie; 1/2) cause any issue in regards accessibility, be it screen readers or poor reading or math skills (the correct term for this alludes me for the moment, I'm thinking dyslexia, but not sure that correctly accounts for all potential users). As such I wondered if the abbr tag might be appropriate, or if anyone has a better, more suitable sugestion? Many thanks, John Unsworth. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Question about presenting numeric percentages and accessibility.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:01 PM, John Unsworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Just a quick question. I'm writing up a website for a simple brochure site, and the copy I'm provided with refers to something 1/3 of total or colour 2/3 of natural and so on. And it just occured to me, would Number Slash Number (ie; 1/2) cause any issue in regards accessibility, be it screen readers or poor reading or math skills (the correct term for this alludes me for the moment, I'm thinking dyslexia, but not sure that correctly accounts for all potential users). As such I wondered if the abbr tag might be appropriate, or if anyone has a better, more suitable sugestion? Why not enter the Unicode fraction characters directly? It's not easy to enter them from they keyboard, so what I usually do is enter them as references (e.g. frac34; or #8532; as Todd B. suggested) and then copy paste them from the browser window into my text editor. It makes the source HTML much easier to read. Here's an example. The section called Encodings has a 2/3 in it, and there's some other fractions floating around in there too: http://NikitaTheSpider.com/articles/ByTheNumbers/fall2008.html HTH -- Philip http://NikitaTheSpider.com/ Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and more *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] Question about presenting numeric percentages and accessibility.
Could you use spans or divs (inline) to add title/other descriptive tags? I'm planning a voluntary site for a day nursery and am looking to make it perfect, as a portfolio piece but as a learning platform also. In other words I'd appreciate others more experienced opinions. Regards Jon Henrik Madsen wrote: What about writing it out: one-third, two-thirds, half? Henrik Madsen Generator +61 8 9387 1250 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igenerator.com.au On 16/10/2008, at 10:01 AM, John Unsworth wrote: Hi all, Just a quick question. I'm writing up a website for a simple brochure site, and the copy I'm provided with refers to "something 1/3 of total" or "colour 2/3 of natural" and so on. And it just occured to me, would Number Slash Number (ie; 1/2) cause any issue in regards accessibility, be it screen readers or poor reading or math skills (the correct term for this alludes me for the moment, I'm thinking dyslexia, but not sure that correctly accounts for all potential users). As such I wondered if the abbr tag might be appropriate, or if anyone has a better, more suitable sugestion? Many thanks, John Unsworth. *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** -- Jonathan Warner tel: 0800 043 8158 mob: 07823 550 813 web: www.thepixelforge.net skype: ThePixelForge 31 Cumberland Avenue Chandler's Ford Hampshire SO53 2JX ***List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfmUnsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfmHelp: [EMAIL PROTECTED]***
