- From: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:18:44 +0100
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Cc: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>, HTMLWG <public-html@w3.org>
Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > James Graham wrote: > >> For millions of people with flickr accounts I suspect imposing a >> requirement to provide alt text for each image would quickly drive >> them to a different service that did not impose such a requirement. > > Since when did flickr users work with the HTML markup, directly? > > The metadata is already entered, by virtue of giving uploaded images a > title, description, tags, etc. It's the onus of the flickr backen > service (and the developers working on that) to work out which of those, > or which combination, would be the most relevant ALT attribute. I can upload an image without a title, tags or a description. There is no _requirement_ to add that data. Laso, that data is all exposed on the photo page anyway suggesting it does not need to be duplicated in the alt attribute. -- "Mixed up signals Bullet train People snuffed out in the brutal rain" --Conner Oberst
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