- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:08:53 -0700
- To: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, public-html@w3.org
On Jun 18, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > > Lachlan Hunt wrote, quote: >> No, even if the summary attribute were added to HTML5, it >> certainly shouldn't be required. > unquote > > why not? CAPTION is akin to ALT text - it provides a terse > description > of the object that cannot be visually perceived; the summary attribute > itself serves the same purpose as LONGDESC (which provides a detailed > description, orientational material, etc.) ALT should not be required either. It leads to pointless alt="" on images that have no reasonable text equivalent, just to satisfy conformance checkers. And that is actively harmful, because AT can't tell the difference between a semantically null image and a semantically meaningful image with no text alternative. Regards, Maciej
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