- From: Mike Paciello <paciello@yuri.org>
- Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 12:23:19 -0500
- To: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Cc: Chuck Letourneau <cpl@starlingweb.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Point well taken David. The question is, does the average blind or text-browser user want to know every symbol when it appears in a redundant sequence, like a list? - Mike At 11:58 AM 11/3/97 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: >Hi, I still want to know what the symbol is. how do we find out if we >don't know to look at the source and such? >if you say item and I do agree that is what it means and it sure sounds >better and perhaps makes the text more meaningfull, but the question of >what symbol is being displayed is still there. perhaps this goes into a >description catagory. > > >On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Mike Paciello wrote: > >> I agree with Chuck. In fact, this is exactly what I stated in my last two >> workshops. Everyone agreed and felt this provided a more accurate >> description of the entity. >> >> - Mike >> >> >> At 10:55 AM 11/3/97 -0500, Chuck Letourneau wrote: >> >Last week, Gregg wrote: >> >> >> >>4) Recommend use of Alt = "bullet, " (comma and space important to provide >> >>pause) >> >> - gets us back to providing a short audible cue between items to separate >> >>them and identify them as being items in a list. >> >> - works on all browsers today >> >> - gives the audible equivalent of a visual bullet >> >> - allows variation if there are different bullet images (in which case the >> >>meaning of the different bullets should be substituted. >> >> - is annoying to hear if you already know for sure that it is a list item >> >> >> >>>From this listing it would appear that "bullet" would be the proper >> >>approach. >> > >> >Since "bullet" essentially means "item" (or new item, or next item), and >> >"item" does not denote any hierarchical value (as does a numbered list), >> >then the use of ALT="Item: " to describe the function of a bullet seems >> >appropriate to me. "Item" avoids the pain mentioned by Len in a product >> >list, telling people to order that strange "bullet, train" which is really >> >"Item: train". Also, doesn't the colon-space give a slightly better pause >> >than a comma-space? >> > >> >Chuck Letourneau >> > >> > >> > >> > >Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s >touching the internet >voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 >poehlman@clark.net >ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman >http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman > > >
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