- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 15:28:26 +0100
- To: "Andrew Sidwell" <takkaria@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org, "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, wai-liaison@w3.org
2008/5/21 Andrew Sidwell <takkaria@gmail.com>: >> Considering not being able to view content in a browser as a much, >> much bigger accessibility problem for you than missing alt text >> demonstrates a total lack of empathy. > > It demonstrates no such thing, because the statement was explicitly > qualified with "for me". I included the qualification in my response. Comparing something that can easily be changed against an aspect of a person that cannot be changed does show a lack of empathy. > If I can't even get access to the image > viewer, then that presents a much bigger problem *for me* than than > images shown not having alt text. It's a problem you can overcome by switching your browser. > Whether an image I can't see has alt > text or not is utterly irrelevant to me It is entirely relevant in an a thread about accessibility; particularly a thread about the alt attribute. > , in the same way that what kind > of salad is on someone else's sandwich on the other side of the world is > irrelevant to me. Regardless of how much empathy I have, or how much I > prefer one kind of salad to another. If you were discussing the technicalities of the salad, it would be relevant. Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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