Re: Flickr and alt

SirPavlova 2008-08-20 06.39:

> John Foliot wrote:
> 
>> Now if HTML5 were to be brave enough to not render images that lacked
>> @alt (or another directly linked text alternative to visual content) then
>> conformance in this area would mean something.
> 
> If HTML5 were to be brave enough to not render images that lacked @alt, no
> sane browser developer (read: no browser developer) would implement that
> part of HTML5. Be realistic.


A Solomonic solution:

 Hide the very image if a valid @alt is lacking.
 Hide the @alt text if a valid src="" URI is lacking.

Note: all UAs, including Screen Readers, must conform!! ;-)
-- 
leif halvard silli

Received on Saturday, 23 August 2008 14:09:02 UTC