- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:50:59 +0100
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org, Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
Laura Carlson, Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:33:29 -0600: > Hi Leif, > >> I think it would be great if the @alt text rules could be simplified. >> And in that regard, it has been claimed it is better to have short and >> clear advice rather than longwinded and intricate advice - which can >> be important too, but short and clear rules are also needed. > > Short and clear: > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#h-13.8 Well, there seems to be broad agreement that HTML4 did not describe things well enough. Longdesc is one thing it was not enough clear about. Also, with regard to @alt, then the only normative rule it had - at least per the HTML4 validator - was that the author has must either leave the attribute empty, or non-empty. And no one read WCAG, despite those links. Nothing is guaranteed. But — and for what it is worth — I think we should try to focus on making HTML5 as acceptable as possible, with regard to A11Y. To focus on getting the WG to move @alt text from HTML5, only seems like a distraction that could hurt — and perhaps already have hurt — the attention to the other issues up for decision. That's how I see it. -- Leif Halvard Silli
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