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<li>this information is conveyed using a '''''purely''''' visual indicator;</li>
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<li>due to the use of CSS to insert the green bullet into the page's visual rendering, there is no "alt" text (of any kind) available for those who cannot process images... this means that there is no programatic binding between the iconic "green bullet" and a textual equivalent for the icon which would enable a blind user's [[screen reader]] to say "changed" whenever the screen reader encounters the code that causes the bullet icon to be visually rendered, thereby making the visual indicator accessible to those who cannot perceive it;</li>
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<li>the choice of a color as the '''''sole''''' means of communicating essental information to the user; reliance on a color change to a universally recognized page element (a bullet) rather than the provision of a distinctive icon (or other symbolic convention) to convey the intended information -- that the page's content has been updated since the user's last visit -- '''''to''''' the watchlist user...