- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:01:01 +0100
- To: "Michael[tm] Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, public-html-a11y@w3.org
hi mike, I would note that it will be difficult, to gauge: > - Are validator users more happy, or less happy? As there is no data from validator users on how the current situation effects them. regards Steve On 2 August 2012 10:38, Michael[tm] Smith <mike@w3.org> wrote: > In Hixie's related message[1] to the whatg list, there's another key point > that I think should be added to the CP(s), and that I think will also help > us to reach agreement. > > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Aug/0004.html > > That point is to have a "trial period" for this new attribute, and to > revisit this discussion after that trial period is over. > > So, specifically, the CP text should state: > > - We will add this new attribute on an experimental basis. > - We should commit to revisiting the issue in a year or two. > - At that time, we examine what impact has had on Web pages. > > Hixie also outlined some specific questions to ask at that time - > > - Is the attribute being (ab)used in inappropriate ways? > - Is it used badly more than correctly? > - Are validator users more happy, or less happy? > - Are alt="" texts overall better or worse? > - Have any generators started it rather than outputting bogus alt=""? > > I also wanted to note here that Henri recently added a statistics-gathering > feature to the validator that could end up being useful for gathering stats > related to this -- at least as far as giving us usage data on any validator > options related to this. We may also add a message-filtering option to the > validator, and that stats-gathering feature may also be able to give us > some stats about classes of messages that users choose to filter (though > that might be a challenge since the filtering options are purely > client-side options that don't initiate any communication to the server). > > --Mike > > -- > Michael[tm] Smith http://people.w3.org/mike > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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