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- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:20:52 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9215 --- Comment #13 from Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> 2010-03-29 01:20:52 --- (In reply to comment #12) > http://www.hb9bza.net/netcam/ has no video — just a static picture (that is > updated every few minutes). If you could take a look (it should be downloadable > even over dial-up, that's in fact what I was using when I first starting > looking at similar Geneva webcams 15 years ago), and suggest what the > alternative text should look like, that would be really helpful. I think Maciej and Steve are both right on track for that example. The key is to ask yourself what the purpose of what the Webcam is, Ian. To me, the purpose of the image seems to be to show the weather in Geneva and it does so from a rooftop angle of view at set times. So a base text alternative like the following may be worth considering: alt="A WeatherCam rooftop view of Geneva, Switzerland. Scene updated every ten minutes." However, I wonder if it would be possible to have the alt updated with date, time, temp etc with some type of system to match the visual aspect of the WeatherCam? That would be more helpful. That type of info is inserted into the image so why can’t it be added to the alt automatically? That text might read along the lines of: alt="A WeatherCam rooftop view of Geneva, Switzerland. 29 March 2010, 2 AM, 10 degrees Celsius, 50 degrees Fahrenheit, 69 percent humidity. Clear sky." Think about it a bit. A suitable alt will come to you, Ian. Steve is working on WebCam alt examples too. Between the two of you I'm sure HTML5 will get some good samples. Thanks. The crowdsourcing thing might be good to add further details. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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