Re: Text Only Sites

John Routa wrote:

>
> I have a friend that is totally blind that uses JAWS screen reader.  I 
> asked what he felt about the "text only" concept.  He replied that his 
> screen reader ignores graphics altogether.
>
> If a graphic is in itself a link, it should be identified as such in 
> the ALT or LONGDESC attributes. I think that would negate the need for 
> "text only" pages.
>
I believe that you are correct, and that recognised best practise is 
generally not to produce text only sites. (These are not the same 
statement: There are reasons for recommending against text-only pages 
which have nothing to do with images nor with screen readers)

Chaals
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