- From: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:49:48 +0200
- To: Sander Tekelenburg <st@isoc.nl>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On 2007-08-30 18:06:26 +0200 Sander Tekelenburg <st@isoc.nl> wrote: > At 05:43 +0200 UTC, on 2007-08-30, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > > [...] > >> The HTML5 draft says that TITLE and ALT should be showed in >> different ways. >> But perhaps is enough to say that they should be showed in different >> ways >> only if the element has both a TITLE and an ALT text? > > I'd think that would result in inconsistent behaviour, which would > hurt > usability. I agree that @alt and @title's contents should be presented > differently, so that users can recognise their meaning. If they're > presented > differently again depending on context, that would make it *harder* > for users > to know their meaning -- negating the intention. Sander, basically, I agree. But the draft does seem to convey the meaning that ALT should be _presented_. But is that anything near the situation? When it is not, then it becomes harder for authors to make the right textual choices for ALT versus TITLE text. -- leif halvard silli
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