- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 08:50:30 -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, On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. I started a change proposal for this. It is at: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/ImgElement20100504 Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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