Re: Example incorrect

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:04 AM, <noreply@w3.org> wrote:

> Name: Harry Loots
> Email: harry.loots@ieee.org
> Affiliation:
> Document: TD
> Item Number: H91
> Part of Item: Examples
> Comment Type: technical
> Summary of Issue: Example incorrect
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> In "Example 1c" the following is stated:
>
> "In example 1c, the name will be concatenated from the different elements
> inside the link to read "Example Text"
> Example Code:
> <a href="www.example.com"><img src="example_logo.gif"
> alt="Example">Text</a>"
>
> The code will in fact read "ExampleText" and not "Example Text".
>
>
> Proposed Change:
> Thus, it should be advised that the user inserts a space in [alt="Example
> "] in order to ensure that it reads as intended. It should also be pointed
> out that failure to insert appropriate spaces in either the alt attribute,
> or between image and adjacent text will result in concatenation that will
> reduce legibility for AT users.
>
> ================================
Response from the Working Group
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Thanks for raising this issue. We are changing the example so that there is
a space after the image, and we will update the User Agent notes and the
description of the example to alert authors that some assistive technology
will not insert a space automatically.

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group