The most effective way I'd say
to rotate the image and to make sure the correct alt and long desc tags
are present. is to use client side scripting to replace the picture
the alt tags and the long desc- not javascript. the user will be
oblivious to the change and it won't matter is javascript is on or
not. much more elegant! I believe Jefferey Zeldman
<www.zeldman.com> talks about it .
As for the content of the long
desc or alt tags make them as descriptive as possible why should I
miss out on the picture if I can't *see* it !
Is it discrimination if a developer makes a website nicer to look at? If the image is considered simple eye candy, can't the developer simple alt tag or even an empty alt tag? <devils advocate with a tad bit of sarcasm> When you view a website that has photographs using lynx or Jaws and you run over an image that has an alt attribute that reads "photo of Jim" or "corner graphic" Do you ponder about the way Jim looks like or how if the corner graphic has a nice beveled curve. Or does the developer have the responsibility to be more specific with the alt descriptions. Should the alt attributes read: "Full body photograph of Jim: buck teeth, brown hair, blue eyes, about 5 feet tall and dressed in denim " and "blue corner graphic with a smooth edge connecting the left navigation color and the top navigation bar." But maybe that's not enough, maybe I should use the original alt attributes and apply long descriptions for each, this way I can explain that Jim is smiling at the camera, that his denim pants have a rip on them slightly above his left knee and that his socks don't match because he is British. I mean, his socks don't match, AND he is British. Can I include humor in my longdesc page, or do I have to stick to the facts? </devils advocate with a tad bit of sarcasm> Juan C. Ulloa-----Original Message----- From: William R Williams [mailto:wrwilliams@fs.fed.us] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:03 AM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: JavaScript Visual Effects Hello, You've accomplished an adequate job in the alt statement of describing the process of presenting the 3 photographs on neaglesrock.com. Still, I have some difficulty anytime one indicates, as you have, that no important information is conveyed in the image(s). If this is the case, why is the photo there in the first place? In fact, doesn't it seem a discriminatory practice to have the image "viewable" to those who can actually see it on-screen but to indicate to others that no important information is presented therein? I understand that "timeliness" of information is an important accessibility concern; yet, it seems to me that a workable solution for this presentation is to simply link to a "web page" that contains the 3 separate photos and meaningful alts or descriptions in context. I've done exactly that for a similar presentation; i.e., a randam photos Javascript: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/about/index.shtml http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/about/op-foos.html Bill Williams