- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:40:57 +1000
- To: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- CC: public-html@w3.org, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
Philip Taylor (Webmaster) wrote: >> I think it would be good if the spec included a set of examples to >> explain that the alt text is dependent upon the context in which the >> image is used... >> >> For example, and picture of a flag, such as the Australian flag, may be >> used in different contexts. >> >> * As a link to a localised version of a site. >> <a href="/au"><img src="aus-flag.png" alt="Australia"></a> > > If I were a visually disabled visitor to a site, and > I were presented with the single word "Australia" as > ALT text, I cannot help but feel that I would be not > one jot wiser. Gregory, can you help here ? I said :dependent upon the context in which the image is used". I just omitted the surrounding content that would provide the necessary context. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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