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Re: Using CSS to hide a portion of the link text

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Aug 3, 2009 4:00PM

On 8/3/09 2:43 PM, "Geof Collis" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> What happens if CSS and Images are turned off?

In the example I gave, if the user has CSS off they would see the span that
spells out the percentage. In other examples posted here, the user might see
a bunch of redundant text.

With images off and CSS on, I suppose they wouldn't see either the bar or
the number in my example. But let's be realistic here, how many people turn
those things off? I've never met anyone who turns CSS off unless they are a
developer doing testing. And the only people I know who turn images off are
people on mobile devices who do so to speed up browsing over cellular
connections. If you are doing your job as a developer properly, the latter
are going to be served mobile specific stylesheets, and the point will be
moot.