Re: HTML Action Item 54 - ...draft text for HTML 5 spec to require producers/authors to include @alt on img elements.

2008/5/21 James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>:
> Gez Lemon wrote:
>
>>>  If I can't even get access to the image
>>> viewer, then that presents a much bigger problem *for me* than than
>>> images shown not having alt text.
>>
>> It's a problem you can overcome by switching your browser.
>
> This is not necessarily trivial, for example if you are operating in a
> locked-down environment (kiosk, iPhone), if you do not have the technical
> skill to install or use another browser, or if you depend on an AT that only
> plugs into a single browser.

Yes, it's not necessarily trivial in some cases, but it is trivial in
the context it is being discuss here; that is, Ian Hickson cannot view
the images in Anne's HTML example [1].

[1] http://anne.is.weggeweest.nl/image-viewer#2006,boston,9

Gez

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Received on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 14:38:59 UTC