- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:33:36 -0500
- To: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>, w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
At 10:47 AM 10/28/98 -0500, Bruce Bailey wrote: >Bobby would merely (!) have to check that the HREF'd item is available >via text that is part of the link LRK:: yup > or elsewhere by an IMG that includes >ALT text or client side image map. LRK:: hmmm. Well, there are some page that have "featured" links in a big image map, and then references to the same url scattered around the page, or maybe in a laundry list at the bottom the page. I'd still like to see it in the "featured" links. So it gets a least a warning, I think. >> Of course, if ALT=" " is the only thing inside a link then I'd agree that >> it would be illegal. > >The above should be okay iff the link is available (accessibly) >elsewhere on the page. LRK:: Not always, per my above comment following my hmmm. >I believe ALT=" " will get you something you can tab to at least (with >Lynx and MS IE) where ALT="" does not. LRK:: Is that good or bad? Sorry, I'm not following you... ------- Leonard R. Kasday Institute on Disabilities/UAP at Temple University, Philadelphia PA email: kasday@acm.org telephone: (215} 204 2247
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