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RE: spacing -   versus clear images

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Mar 7, 2006 9:50AM

> It is a helpful, but not necessary, requirement in the
> development of an accessible web site.

As a general rule of thumb, the more compliant the markup is, the more
accessible to more devices it would be.

> My problem is with the categorical dismissal of any
> suggestion that doesn't validate. If a technique works in
> browsers and works for the users, and the site is monitored
> and updated as user-agent support changes over time, is it a
> horrible thing if it doesn't validate today?

If there are two options, but equally easy to implement, with one being
standards compliant and the other not, it only makes sense to recommend
the compliant method.

-Darrel