Re: Text Only Sites

• From: Ineke van der Maat <inekemaa@xs4all.nl>
• Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:28:35 +0100
• To: <jr@jrouta.net>
• Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <019d01c2e8cd$96e93200$1d197e50@ineke>

Hello John,

You wrote:
>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 the alt or longdesc attribute is meant as replacement for the
image and the title attribute can tell where the link is going to.

As it is possible to block images from servers or to put off images, I
think using images as links is not the best idea.

Cheers
Ineke van der Maat

Received on Wednesday, 12 March 2003 14:26:00 UTC