- From: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:15:34 +0100
- To: "Steven Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Silvia Pfeiffer" <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>, public-canvas-api@w3.org, "public-html-a11y@w3.org" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:27:53 +0100, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > hi bruce, > > >> I think Silvia is exactly right here. We know, for example, that the alt > attribute on images (and accesskey to facilitate keyboard access) haven't > let to a >renaiassance of accessible web sites. It's about education. > (Although I do support imagemap additions to canvas) > > Unfortunately nor has education "led to renaiassance of accessible web > sites", it needs to be a combination of edcuation and native methods that > developers do not have to think much about where ever possible. [...] > But while imagemap provides a good tool for having a fighting chance > with > providing accessible content, it does not provide all the answers to the > use > cases. Agreed. (I wasn't proposing it's either education *or* native features, tho I can see why it sounded that way).
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