- From: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:04:11 +0200
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- CC: Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@IEEE.org>, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, public html for all <list@html4all.org>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Ian Hickson 08-04-15 21.09: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Al Gilman wrote: > > The problem is that there are _three_ states, not two: > > 1. Image is not important. (alt="") > 2. Image is important, alternative text is available. (alt="...") > 3. Image is important, alternative text is not available. > > Case 3 is the one we are discussing. Cases 1 and 2 are well understood and > nobody is suggesting changing them. > What do you exactly mean by "unavailable"? I ask because In another message you said that: > Ian Hickson wrote: > >> > The only actual solution suggestion I see there is alt="1", alt="2", >> > etc, but it is unclear how that would improve accessibility. >> So, if you see the solution alt=1, alt=2, does that mean that alternative text **is** available? Or does it mean that it is unavailable? -- leif halvard silli
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