I'm curious about what the consensus is on the list about this. I'm sure you all agree it's very convenient to control icons via the CSS, as in a.PDF, a.DOC, a.external-link, and so forth. But there are 2 potential problems with this:
(1) It's debatable whether those icons are presentational, or content-bearing. I'd say the former, and their alt text would be redundant: In the case of filetype icons, the link text would always include, for example, "(DOC/Word, 64KB)", and in the case of external links, the link would have a title attribute saying "External link, will open in a new window." (2) They don't print. In fact, CSS-based pages can look suprisingly empty due to the reliance on background images. Mostly this is a good thing, but for icons, perhaps not. On the web I see plenty of examples of both approaches. What do the people on the list think? f ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
