Accessibilty tip, Day 26: Using relative font sizes allows all users to make the text here the size they prefer (the ability to do so depends on which browser you use, but most browsers can). There are many practical problems with implementing relative-sized fonts for readers, but I've solved them slightly differently than Mark did - simply because of how simple the styling of this weblog is. Plus, I don't serve a stylesheet to Netscape 4, so I don't have to worry about that (yet). So, in short, the text here looks good by default, but if you prefer smaller or larger text, have at it - it's up to you.
10:44:07 PM Shelley Powers: Little Brother is Watching You.
The secret police and informants are forming. This is shameful - generation after generation of Americans fought for our freedom, and programs like this aim to take it away. I'm all for protection from terrorism, but not at the cost of competely eroding our Constitution.
10:31:05 PM Latest accessibility tips:
- Day 24: It's necessary to provide proper alt text for image maps. Fortunately for me, I gave up messing around with image maps in 1998. So, no work required.
- Day 25: Mark gives some teriffic ideas on how to spruce up horizontal rules while still keeping their semantic meaning. Use an image (with appropriate alt text of course) and CSS to display the image but hide the default horizontal rule display. Quite neat! For my purposes, I use a single horizontal rule just below the current posts. I'm boring and don't mind the default look for this use.
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