Re: Prompt vs Ask

Gregory,

Linking Prompt to the definition does indeed calm me down on this, given
that you don't object to hearing prompt prompt prompt prompt prompt as you
tab though the links.  So it's OK by me, speaking personally that is.

Do we have group consensus that we let the word "Prompt" stand but link it
to it's definition in the ERT document?

Len


At 06:02 PM 10/21/99 -0400, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote:
>aloha, len!
>
>i like your reformulation, 
>quote
>   Require the user to provide alternate text for the image
>unquote
>
>the reason that such verbiage probably wouldn't fly with the AU WG,
however, is
>that "Require" has restrictive connotations -- such as, if you don't add ALT
>text, i won't let you save this page or publish straight to the web... 
>developers whose advice has been solicited by the AU WG bristle at such a
>connotation, and while the ATAG doesn't preclude a developer from instituting
>such a restrictive policy, it certainly doesn't require such Draconian
>measures, either...
>
>(Note: ASWedit, an authoring tool that works in the Unix/Linux environment,
>won't let you save a page with invalid markup as html, or so i've been
told --
>for more details, consult Charles' McN's evaluation of ASWedit, located at:
>        http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/reviews/asWedit4.0-atag-19990903.html)
>
>as for hyperlinking the term "Prompt" to a definition, that is precisely what
>the AU WG resolved to do...
>
>the proposed re-insertion of the term "Prompt" in ATAG checkpoint 4.2, by the
>way, was originally questioned by a W3C member organization's
representative to
>the AU WG, who was satisfied that his concerns (and the concerns raised by
>developers in the corporation which he represents, and from whom he had
>solicited feedback on ATAG) were allayed by simply hyperlinking to the
>definition...
>
>gregory.
>
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