Re: feedback requested on WAI CG Consensus Resolutions on Text alternatives in HTML 5 document

The mark-up is very illogical, and probably should not validate.

But both of you seem to work from the assumption that @role is 
only and solely an accessibility feature.

If that is the case, then of course Lynx and other text browsers 
are not supposed to be updated to support the @role attribute in 
any way, and would be right to hide the image.

However, in isn't - or couldn't - that particular IMG element be 
considered having role="button"?

And, thus, if @role is not only an AT features, then even text 
browsers would be required to support @role. And so Lynx would be 
required to somehow make that link available through some kind of 
fallback text.

Leif

Steven Faulkner On 09-08-17 13.04:

> hi smylers,
>> In this particular case the simplest way of achieving that seems to be
>> to retain the requirement for a non-empty alt on an image which is the
>> entire content of a link.
> 
> yes on reading your objection, i agree
> 
> regards
> stevef
> 
> 2009/8/17 Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com>
> 
>> Maciej Stachowiak writes:
>>
>>> On Aug 17, 2009, at 3:02 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think the follwoing should not [be a conformance error]
>>>> <a href="#"><img src="delete.png" aria-labelledby="this"></a> <span
>>>> id="this">delete</span>
>>> I believe this is not currently conforming, but probably will be once
>>> ARIA is integrated.
>> I would object to that on universality grounds.
>>
>> Aria is specifically about accessibility for those with disibilities.  A
>> user without any disabilities using, say, Lynx or Firefox with images
>> turned off, would not be using any technology that processes aira-*
>> attributes.  As such she would not see an alternative to the missing
>> image, and would not know the purpose of the link.
>>
>> We (HTML WG) need to ensure that HTML 5 continues to cater for to users
>> with 'non-mainstream' set-ups even when ignoring all Aria-specifc
>> features.
>>
>> In this particular case the simplest way of achieving that seems to be
>> to retain the requirement for a non-empty alt on an image which is the
>> entire content of a link.
>>
>> Smylers
>>
>>
> 
> 

Received on Monday, 17 August 2009 23:52:55 UTC