Gitter Channel Archive 2nd of April 2016

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke

jnurthen
Apr 02 01:10

@sophieschoice I found this old webaim thread on Roman Numerals - http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=5075
jnurthen
Apr 02 01:11

I agree with Jared's opinion that you should either not use them at all (as they are potentially confusing for all users) or you should do nothing special for screen readers at all.
tigt
Apr 02 01:12

using <li> and list-style-type: upper-roman to set the numbers as Roman numerals may help
sophieschoice
Apr 02 17:10

@tigt and @jnurthen : thank you!
sophieschoice
Apr 02 17:12

@jnurthen since my website is about royalty I use Roman numerals if the regnal name needs it (George VII for example). So I think in my case there would be no confusion for anyone, sighted or not.
sophieschoice
Apr 02 17:14

@jnurthen It was me to do about not irritating users when the text is being read. But since it is clear from the context of the page and site what is meant, I think I indeed might be safe by doing nothing special for screen readers.