[thelist] [HW] Re: <spacer>

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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I can see that Dan, but usually if you've got all your accessibility
options working, then the site usually *will* look as good as it's going to
in Lynx as a nice side-benefit.

Of course, you do *use* alt attributes (with null values) for spacers,
don't you..?

Cheers
Martin




OK, let me be brutal here, I couldnt give a shit about text browsers... No
client has ever approached me asking for a site that looks sexy in Lynx!

Sure, I will use ALT properties (though never on spacers) and other
accesibility tags which should make my site intelligible for those with
images off or on text browsers but
NEVER will I set out making a design for bloody Lynx...

>
>Transparent GIFs means extra rendering time, and the potential screwing-up
>of text-based browsers (I've observed that those who are most likely to
use
>the transparent GIF hack are the ones who are also most likely to be too
>stupid to use ALT text).  Also, from a purist's point of view, it's wrong
>because you're using markup for presentation.


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