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Re: Removing CSS Background image for legibility an Accessibility requirement?

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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 21, 2022 4:59PM

If the image isn't loading in landscape mode, that sounds like a functional
bug . The fact that the page reflows when in landscape shows that 1.3.4
passes.

On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 4:41 PM Kevin Prince < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Interesting thread - oddly I came across an issue in testing only
> yesterday that illustrated it perfectly. I've taken it as a failure of
> 1.3.4 as the image is fine (the text is beautifully clear at all sizes),
> until you go mobile landscape but that's not actually a valid failure
> condition as you can reorient.
>
> I should have considered it as 1.4.3 but the cause is the change of
> position when going from portrait to landscape. At a practical level it is
> easier for the customer to understand orientation as the issue that needs a
> fix than contrast.
>
>