- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:36:55 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv3648 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: Try to provide more guidance. (whatwg r6972) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.5566 retrieving revision 1.5567 diff -u -d -r1.5566 -r1.5567 --- Overview.html 7 Feb 2012 00:22:59 -0000 1.5566 +++ Overview.html 7 Feb 2012 00:36:49 -0000 1.5567 @@ -19961,7 +19961,9 @@ <em>title</em>, or <em>legend</em>. It is supposed to contain replacement text that could be used by users <em>instead</em> of the image; it is not meant to supplement the image. The <code title="attr-title"><a href="#the-title-attribute">title</a></code> attribute can be used for - supplemental information.<p class="note">One way to think of alternative text is to think + supplemental information.<p>Another corollary is that the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code> attribute's value should not repeat + information that is already provided in the prose next to the + image.<p class="note">One way to think of alternative text is to think about how you would read the page containing the image to someone over the phone, without mentioning that there is an image present. Whatever you say instead of the image is typically a good
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