- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:40:07 -0400
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.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>
Laura Carlson writes: > 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 > I'm confused by your actions here. You are on record voting for the consensus proposal of the Task Force: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/44061/20040422_text-alt/results Indeed, you wrote it. And, you lobbied passionately and effectively for a missing alt to be an error condition, and not a conformance warning--reminding us that WAI consensus guidance called for an error condition: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Apr/0089.html So, I'm confused here. Have you changed your mind now? How are we to understand your actions here? Janina > Best Regards, > Laura > > -- > Laura L. Carlson -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org Chair, Protocols & Formats Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/wai/pf World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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