- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 16:56:57 -0700
- To: Matt Morgan-May <mattmay@adobe.com>
- Cc: Andrew Sidwell <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk>, John Foliot <foliot@wats.ca>, public-html@w3.org, 'W3C WAI-XTECH' <wai-xtech@w3.org>, wai-liaison@w3.org, 'HTML4All' <list@html4all.org>
On May 23, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Matt Morgan-May wrote: > > On 5/22/08 10:33 AM, "Andrew Sidwell" <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk> wrote: >>> Well then, making @alt optional in the edge case of Flickr or an >>> inkblot >>> test is then moot. Those edge cases will remain non-conformant, >>> and @alt as >>> a mandatory requirement is a sealed deal, as optimising for edge >>> cases is >>> not a reasonable thing to do. >> >> Flickr is hardly an edge case. > > On the contrary: Flickr is the _ultimate_ edge case. Flickr is an extremely popular site with millions of web pages. Look at the Alexa Global Top 500: http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?ts_mode=global&lang=none I see the following obvious photo sharing sites: #26 Photobucket #34 ImageShack #39 Flickr #57 Fotolog #59 ImageVenue #84 Metroflog #100 wretch.cc And the following social networks with photo galler features: #6 Myspace #8 FaceBook #11 Orkut #40 Friendster #56 LiveJournal Clearly photo sharing is one of the most popular activities on the web. It is not an edge case but rather a major use case that should be given significant consideration. Regards, Maciej
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