- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: 2004年6月15日 00:20:33 -0500
- To: "'Maurizio Boscarol'" <maurizio@usabile.it>, "'W3C WAI'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <auto-000068761202@spamarrest.com>
1 - good questions 2 - in order to allow people to view things in large print without having to buy a huge screen - it needs to be flowable -- but that may not always be possible. RE using the horizontal scrollbar -- it is almost impossible to scroll back and forth and keep track of the line you are on. Try making a window with non flowing text just 15 or 20 char wide and then read it using h scroll bar. But we need to find a way to do this that is practical. Or to put it at level 3 where it is only done when by those that really want to make a page accessible as it can be. Thoughts? Gregg -- ------------------------------ Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr. Director - Trace R & D Center University of Wisconsin-Madison -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Maurizio Boscarol Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:00 AM To: W3C WAI Subject: question: fixed vs. liquid layout I have a question: how should we rule about relative/absolute units for lenghts? Do we mean that every layout should be "liquid", or fluid? Another way of viewing it: is a fixed layout "per se" inaccessible? Another related question: is a horizontal bar an accessibility (rather than usability) issue? Let a part that pixels are defined as relative units, so that checkpoint 3.4 in wcag 1 tends to be very ambiguous. But what we need really to do to have an accessible layout? Absolutely liquid? ;-) Ore relatively short fixed is good enough (just to fit 640 x 480)? Or fixed layouts are not a problem at all, as long as you can use the horizontal scrollbar? I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I'd like to hear the wg opinions. Thank you Maurizio Boscarol http://www.usabile.it/
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