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Re:Finally, CSS based gradient text, no images by robin_reala on Monday May 18, 2009 @06:15PM (#615804)
Well, that’s horrible for accessibility.

Contrary to popular opinion, assisstive technology for the visually disabled piggybacks onto existing browsers and so gains the full benefits of Javascript. If you’re going to clone your text 52 times over, then your text will be read out 52 times by the browser. Oops.

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Re:Finally, CSS based gradient text, no images by IsaacSchlueter on Monday May 18, 2009 @07:20PM (#615897)
Also contrary to popular opinion, an img tag with an appropriate alt attribute is very accessible (in any browser but IE, it's even resizable.)
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