- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:27:45 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 04/11/2011 09:31, David Woolley wrote: > I don't think that you can ignore that. Images and styling allow > messages to be put across that cannot honestly be put across in plain > text, which means that the alt attribute for an image will often convey > nothing like the real intent of the image. > > The images are often stock images and the represent the image that the > company would like to put across and may bear no relation to the > reality. Most modern PR material is about feeding back to the audience > what they want to see, and images allow one to do that in a way that can > be more economical with the truth than plain text, and that is why the > examples of alt text end up being boring descriptions of the contents of > the image, rather than the true message of the image. So...what do you propose then? P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ ______________________________________________________________ twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke ______________________________________________________________
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