Re: ***DHSPAM*** Re: Request for clarification of the case where 'the image isn't discussed by the surrounding text, but it has some relevance'

If the image has any meaning at all, it is not purely decorative.

Asking why can get a book for a rewsponse.  alt does not equal blind.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>
To: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
Cc: "Steven Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>; "W3C WAI-XTECH" 
<wai-xtech@w3.org>; <public-html@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: ***DHSPAM*** Re: Request for clarification of the case where 
'the image isn't discussed by the surrounding text, but it has some 
relevance'


On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, David Poehlman wrote:
>
> The image is not purely decorative then.

The meaning of the page is unchanged whether the image is present or
absent. That's basically the _definition_ of purely decorative.

What possible benefit could a blind user get from knowing that there is a
picture present that he can't see? We're not trying to taunt people here.
The page is a poem, that's the sole purpose of the page, to convey that
poem.

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