> Actually in both cases you shouldn't use 'x', but × or ×
Good point. But will a screen reader find '×' and say
'times', or for
that matter Andrew's unicode alternatives?
There's a key question. Anyone got a screen reader handy to test it?
Sadly I don't...
Add to this “Will search engines correctly understand such a
symbols?” The answer is “No”.
Compare:
3×4 http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=3%D74&btnG=Search&meta=
3x4 http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=3x4&btnG=Search&meta=
3 4 http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=3+4&btnG=Search&meta=
As you can see first and last results are equal, which means that
Google ignore × symbol. Try this two links as well:
fl as ligature http://www.google.com.au/search?
hl=en&q=flickr&btnG=Search&meta=
fl as two letters http://www.google.com.au/search?
hl=en&q=flickr&btnG=Search&meta=
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