[Bug 10077] New: The <embed> should support an alt attribute. While the embedded content should provide for accessilibility of the embedded object, the developer doesn't always have control over those content, some embeddable formats are inherently less accessible, and th

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10077

           Summary: The <embed> should support an alt attribute. While the
                    embedded content should provide for accessilibility of
                    the embedded object, the developer doesn't always have
                    control over those content, some embeddable formats
                    are inherently less accessible, and th
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the
                    -embed-element
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-embed-element

Comment:
The <embed> should support an alt attribute. While the embedded content should
provide for accessilibility of the embedded object, the developer doesn't
always have control over those content, some embeddable formats are inherently
less accessible, and the developer should have a means to provide added
context (title can help, but different purpose) to help the user determine
whether the embedded content is worth navigating into.

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Received on Sunday, 4 July 2010 17:59:21 UTC