- From: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 09:02:01 +0200
- To: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
- Cc: "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, "wai-liaison@w3.org" <wai-liaison@w3.org>, Elie Sloïm <elie.sloim@temesis.com>
Olivier GENDRIN wrote: > (Sorry, i'm late in reading my mailing lists) [speaking in my own name here ] I'm not late myself. I followed and read the whole threads, patiently waiting, wanting to make sure I was not missing something. And unfortunately, I was not missing something... The least I can say is the following : I'm shocked. 1. making alt optional in HTML 5 is ridiculous 2. basing conformance on AUTHOR'S INTENT is even worse than ridiculous, I just don't understand how anyone can accept that in a so-called "specification" ! 3. when I read something like "When the alt attribute is missing, the image represents a key part of the content. Non-visual user agents should apply image analysis heuristics to help the user make sense of the image.", I can't believe my eyes... 4. basing the spec'd definition of alt on common practice on the web is crazy, absolutely crazy. Smells like "89% of citizens don't like to pay taxes, let's get rid of taxes". This whole story is just unbelievable. And what's even more unbelievable is that most of you don't seem to see it. </Daniel>
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