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Re: rely on a browser's high contrast mode

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jul 31, 2019 6:58PM

My interpretation of "Setting user preferences within the content" is that the style switcher needs to be built into the website, not the browser. That means it is available in every user agent.

This view is reinforced by the phrase "as long as the method used to set the preferences is accessibility supported", which only makes sense if the style switcher is in the website.

So the bottom line is that you can't rely on the style switcher in the browser.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd