- From: Philip Taylor (Webmaster) <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:44:54 +0100
- To: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie
- CC: Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>, HTMLWG <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
Joshue O Connor wrote: > Steve Faulkner wrote: >> Because of the different support provided by AT the safest bet would be, if >> the image is the sole content of a link, a description of the links target >> page, not a description of the image. for example: >> >> <img alt="Sgt.Pepper and Robinone Individual Photo Page"> > > Thats right. The screen reader user will not care that the image you > have used is of a nice shiny aqua styled icon. In this context such > information and description about the graphic itself is completely > redundant. It is much better to describe for the user the link > destination, or give then some information about what they can do or > expect when they get there. Do all AT clients tell their users when an image is a link ? I ask because knowing where a link will take one is useful only if one knows it is a link in the first place. Philip TAYLOR
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