- From: Paul Bohman <paulb@cpd2.usu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:09:30 -0600
- To: "WAI GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
>Having a checkpoint about adding illustrations makes little sense to me unless there is also a checkpoint saying that we should make illustrations (and other "text equivalent content") clear and simple. Why is it only text that needs to be clear and simple? This is an excellent point. Now we enter into another quagmire: how to determine if an illustration is clear and simple. Potential barriers to clarity and simplicity include: cultural bias age-inappropriateness poor composition too many visual distractions poor contrast poor artistic abilities and many more, of course. Still, the issue is important (and has been brought up before): the quality of the alternative/equivalent needs to be high enough so that it can be as close to a true alternative/equivalent as possible. Paul Bohman Technology Coordinator WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) www.webaim.org Utah State University www.usu.edu
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