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On 17-Feb-10 21:30, David McCormick wrote:

>>  If you care about accessibility, you dont want to use display: none. This
>>> will hide from screenreaders. You'd be better off using text-indent:
>>> -9999em
>>> or the like, or even something like "position: absolute; left: -9999em;".
>>>
>> I hear you, but it means a default ugly border around the form - unless
>> I can set that border to a color that blends with the background. I'll
>> look into that.
>>
> I wasn't looking at the form, mainly the <h1> scenario mentioned in the
> thread.

Oh. I'm not using display:none anywhere except on the form, so I
misunderstood. I'll still look at setting the border color to match
the background.

> Background images should only be presentational, and should never convey
> content in any way. If they do, users with images off, css disabled, or
> using "high contrast" mode won't see them.

I'm inclined to agree, which is why the "submit" button is the only
foreground image. I did have a separate background image for the
"refresh HAMPTON ROADS" text at top-left, but dropped that in the
belief it was not semantic. I could go either way on putting a brand-
related link in the foreground, I guess that can be a second question
to the whole list. Detach the "refresh HAMPTON ROADS" text and make
it a foreground link?

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