[Bug 8652] New: what to display when images are not available is not well specified

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8652

           Summary: what to display when images are not available is not
                    well specified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: a11y
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec proposals
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: faulkner.steve@gmail.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


I don't think the spec does not clearly specifies what a browser should display
when an image is unavailable or images are disabled in a browser. Currently
browsers do not uniformly display the content of the alt attribute, some
display the content of the title attribute if the alt is not present.
Furthermore alt content may be omitted or truncated in some browsers.
see http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=498 for more details.

suggest adding the following:

1. browsers should display as text the complete content of the alt attribute if
an image is not available or images are disabled.

2. browsers should not display as text the content of the title attribute if an
image is not available or images are disabled

OR

2a. browsers should display as text the complete content of the alt attribute
and the title attribute if present, if an image is not available or images are
disabled. 
Browsers should provide a method for users to distinguish between title text
and alt text if an image is not available or images are disabled.


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Received on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 19:29:20 UTC