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Visual Design Recommendations

Checkpoint 1.5 - Mobile-PDA

Handheld media type is applied

WCAG 1.0 Priority 2

WCAG Guideline 3. Use markup and style sheets and do so properly.

Stylesheets can be targeted at specific media, such as for the screen, on paper, with a speech reader, or braille device etc. This allows the same document to be better presented on the different media, thus providing the exact type and amount of information that the device can effectively handle without having to edit or clone the source document.

Requirement

The handheld media type is applied to the page

Recommendation

The recognized media type for mobile phones and PDAs is handheld. This media type is intended for handheld devices, such as those with small screens, monochrome display, and using limited bandwidth.

The media type should be provided either using the CSS @import rule or included in the media attribute of the HTML <link> element. For example:

  • @import url("mobile.css") handheld;
  • <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="handheld" href="mobile.css">

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Information Source

The original source of this information is located on the W3C web site  (www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS/#tech-style-sheets)

 

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