Re: ALT revisited

> I would like to have ALT be #REQUIRED. I prefer that its content be
> descriptive. 

I'd like to hear from the authoring tool community on the likehood
that it'll be accepted by their users.

> I would also support the second semantic sense of link target. Since
> the HREF="..." material is needed, why cannot the Lynx/pwWebSpeak use
> that value? I believe for any user agent, both have value. The sighted
> user agent may have access to the URL. I'd encourage the other browsers
> to make both available, and distinguished.

I'm a little bit confused by your answer here.

HREF is a URL, and although useful, it's not really meant to be
presented to the user. TITLE is more appropriate to describe the link
target in natural language. 

Received on Monday, 30 June 1997 09:18:32 UTC