- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:35:39 +0100
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Smylers wrote: > Patrick H. Lauke writes: > >> Smylers wrote: >> >>> I believe that early in the life of this working group it was decreed >>> that "accessibility" is to be interpreted narrowly, as "accessibility >>> for those with disabilities". For "accessibility for all" the term >>> "universality" was coined; this includes catering for those without >>> disabilities but who use Lynx or have low bandwidth or whatever. >>> >>> Clearly there are situations in which the alt attribute is useful other >>> than helping those with disabilities. So it would be odd to delegate >>> custodian of this attribute to a working group which is only focused on >>> one set of users. >> Isn't the use of lynx, or turning off images for low bandwidth, >> functionally equivalent to the situation of VI users? > > I'm not sure. That sounds pretty close to the experience of a visually impaired user when they consume web content. Cheers Josh
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