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- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:29:08 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7011 --- Comment #20 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> 2009-06-28 12:29:08 --- (In reply to comment #4) > > It is suggested that to make it practical for developers to provide fallback > > for disabled users who cannot access the image content directly a native method > > that allows the addition of text alternatives and an output method that inserts > > img elements as fallback content, is added to the canvas API. > > It seems that a native method to add text alternative is equivalent to a method > to add text, which already exists: > > canvas.appendChild(document.createTextNode(alt)); > > I don't think that there would be any benefit to appending images per se; the > <img> elements would never be seen and the text alternative would be no better > than an actual text node. > again, what i meant was a method as part of the canvas api, to add text alternatives that could be outputted as fallback. If a method is provided, it is more likely it will be used to help make the content accessible, which is the result we all want. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
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