- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 03:57:32 -0500
- To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Cc: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, public-html@w3.org, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
Hi Jonas, > For what it's worth, I think both the change proposal from Laura [1] > and the current spec text, is too complicated and a degradation > compared to HTML4. I agree about the complexity. > The 'alt' attribute is, as far as I can think of, the most successful > bolt-on accessibility attribute in any version of HTML. In part I > think this is due to the simple message we've conveyed to authors: > "All images require an alt attribute". I don't think any of the change > proposals (including the no-change change proposal) has demonstrated > that there is any problem that needs to be solved with that > recommendation from HTML4. > > If no one else writes a change proposal to this effect, I hope I'll > have time to. I would be happy to collaborate with you and others on this, Jonas. Kindest Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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