More use of "media" attribute for providing device dependent CSS

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Posted by Frank Ralf on October 8, 2009 at 7:13pm

By using CSS's "media" attribute we could provide customized CSS for different end user devices (browsers, screen readers, Braille devices, etc.) without interfering with other devices' style sheets.

media=
" { all | aural | braille | embossed | handheld | print | projection | screen | tty | tv } "

(see http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/style/media for details)

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Joe Clark on the subject

Posted by Frank Ralf on February 8, 2010 at 7:50am
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It appears, then, that your job as Web author need not include worrying about media stylesheets for accessibility. They’re poorly thought out and are effectively unsupported in the real world.

http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/Chapter11.html

You'll find some more links at http://drupal.org/node/448292#comment-2565764

Frank

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Thanks for following up!

Posted by mgifford on February 8, 2010 at 2:16pm
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Thanks for posting these links. And indeed for asking the questions!

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