- From: Scheppe, Kai-Dietrich <k.scheppe@telekom.de>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:47:31 +0200
- To: "Charles McCathieNevile" <chaals@opera.com>, "Public MWBP" <public-bpwg@w3.org>
Hi, > the first "bad example" looks like it should be two examples. > > Rather than describing a particular image in the examples, > distinguish: > > a decorative image (one that merely provides rounded corners, > a picture of people that is additional to rather than a part > of the information presented, a spacer [if the page fails > 3.14] or the like), which should have alt=""; an icon, e.g. > used as a link to a table of contents which should have > alt="table of contents", or an icon used to flag a form field > as required which should have alt="required: " or the like; > an image convying real content such as a data chart, which > should have a non-visual representation of the data (e.g. > tabulated or in lists - but note relevant checkpoints here too). I am sorry to say that I am not sure that your suggestion actually adds clarity :-) But, there is another error in this text and your are right, it should be two examples * An alt value that is the same as the filename alt=" " (space) Should be * An alt value that is the same as the filename * alt=" " (space) -- Kai
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