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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10642 --- Comment #12 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> 2010-09-30 12:42:08 UTC --- (In reply to comment #11) > (In reply to comment #7) > > I'm confused. Why would you (a blind user) want to know what the poster frame > > is? How does it affect you? > Like Artur explained in comment #10, an image can set the mood or convey > meaning to the overall context. Excluding blind users from this information > would be discriminating. > Please see HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives [1] for > further information (see also bug #9845). > [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/#images-enhance Note: currently you MUST NOT add a text alternative to images that may set the mood or convey meaning to the overall context in HTML5 (http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/embedded-content-1.html#a-purely-decorative-image-that-doesn-t-add-any-information) > Please see HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives [1] for > further information (see also bug #9845). > [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/#images-enhance Has been raised as an issue by ian and is the subject of a call for change proposals http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/122 -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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