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robin_reala on May 18, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Finally, CSS based gradient text, no images

Well, that’s horrible for accessibility.

Contrary to popular opinion, assisstive technology for the visually disabled piggybacks onto existing browsers and so gains the full benefits of Javascript. If you’re going to clone your text 52 times over, then your text will be read out 52 times by the browser. Oops.

IsaacSchlueter on May 18, 2009 [–]

Also contrary to popular opinion, an img tag with an appropriate alt attribute is very accessible (in any browser but IE, it's even resizable.)

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