- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:51:58 +1000
- To: "Michael[tm] Smith" <mike@w3.org>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "Edward O'Connor" <eoconnor@apple.com>, "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote: > Michael(tm) Smith (mike@w3.org) writes: >> Here's a proposal for a compromise that might allow the two CPs to be merged: >> >> A. Add a "Show error messages for img elements with "incomplete" attributes. >> >> B. Make that option off (unchecked) by default. >> >> C. Make the default validator behavior be that if a document contains any >> instances of img elements that have the relaxed/incomplete attribute >> (or whatever the name ends up as), emit a single warning per document: >> >> Warning: This document contains at least one "incomplete" attribute, >> which indicates it may have images that lack text alternatives. To >> see error messages showing the locations of those images, use the >> "Show error messages for img elements with "incomplete" option. >> > I think I would be OK with this. > > For me the problem to date was the possibility that the missing alt > would not be reported at all. I don't believe there's any particular > importance, however, to reporting each and every instance over and over > except where the user is actually taking on the task of repair. So, an > "on by default warning" satisfies my concern. > > PS: A possible refinement might be to put an actual count into the > warning. That might serve as a quick sense of the extent of the problem, > and do so more succinctly than the iterated list itself. FWIW: I like this approach. Further, I also prefer something like the attribute name that Ian suggested for the reasons that Ian stated. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Aug/0004.html Regards, Silvia.
Received on Thursday, 2 August 2012 23:52:47 UTC