Re: Development WAI activities

At 02:08 PM 01/03/98 +0100, jaap van lelieveld wrote:
>5. It is very useful to discuss ALT texts: how to add them and
>   where to put them (and how to mentain them?).
>   First you must ask though: How to present them to the user:
>   Fullgrown ALT-text usage must become available through the
>   browser; the browser must allow you to: identify an object,
>   imform you there is an alternate text (of whatever type) and
>   display this information properly:
>   - LYNX: I do not even realize when ALT text is displayed;
>     whether it concerns an active link (image with ALT text).

LQ::  This is the way it should be, in my opinion.  ALT text is
*replacement* text, not descriptive text, so you shouldn't know whether the
text you're hearing is ALT text or normal text.  ALT text that cannot be
identified as ALT text when listening to a Web page is good ALT text since
it provides accessibility seamlessly.

Of course, browsers should give users the option of adding seams.  Lynx
does this with the "*" command, which forces the display of "[INLINE]",
"[LINK]", etc. on all images.

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Liam Quinn
Web Design Group            Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development
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Received on Sunday, 1 March 1998 13:09:31 UTC