- From: Philip Taylor (Webmaster) <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:35:44 +0100
- CC: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > Hi, > I think it would be good if the spec included a set of examples to > explain that the alt text is dependent upon the context in which the > image is used, and the purpose it is used for. So the same image may be > used in different locations and have entirely different alt text. > > For example, and picture of a flag, such as the Australian flag, may be > used in different contexts. > > * As a link to a localised version of a site. > <a href="/au"><img src="aus-flag.png" alt="Australia"></a> If I were a visually disabled visitor to a site, and I were presented with the single word "Australia" as ALT text, I cannot help but feel that I would be not one jot wiser. Gregory, can you help here ? ** Phil.
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