Hi Luc, I might suggest that 'double right arrow' is purely presentational and not 'semantically' relevant, so it's not such a good idea to muddy up the HTML with extraneous code. If you want to avoid using a background image you could write your CSS in a 'progressive enhancement' fashion by using the :after property on the list items. Of course browsers that don't understand that will not display the arrows.
As regards the question what does a screen reader do? I'm afraid I've no idea. I think this is best served with the image. One image in the CSS as opposed to multiple character codes in the HTML. Regards, John Unsworth 2009/11/15 Luc <[email protected]>: > Good evening list, > > When you use a character code, e.g. » as a list marker > (hardcoded in the li), how is that interpreted by a speech browser? > Does the user hear those characters as they appear or are they > converted into 'double right arrow'? > > Might be a stupid question but it would prevent using background > images.... > > -- > Regards, > Luc > _________________________ > > Using the best e-mail client: The Bat! version 4.2.6 with > Windows XP (build 2600), version > 5.1 Service Pack 3 and > using the best browser: Opera. > > Pussy Galore: "My name is Pussy Galore." - James Bond: "I must be > dreaming." - Bond meets Pussy Galore - Goldfinger (film 1964) > > > > ******************************************************************* > 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] *******************************************************************
