- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:04:38 +0100
- To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <55687cf80908170404m6031d0eby8f55d20c3782667d@mail.gmail.com>
hi smylers, >In this particular case the simplest way of achieving that seems to be >to retain the requirement for a non-empty alt on an image which is the >entire content of a link. yes on reading your objection, i agree regards stevef 2009/8/17 Smylers <Smylers@stripey.com> > Maciej Stachowiak writes: > > > On Aug 17, 2009, at 3:02 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote: > > > > > I think the follwoing should not [be a conformance error] > > > <a href="#"><img src="delete.png" aria-labelledby="this"></a> <span > > > id="this">delete</span> > > > > I believe this is not currently conforming, but probably will be once > > ARIA is integrated. > > I would object to that on universality grounds. > > Aria is specifically about accessibility for those with disibilities. A > user without any disabilities using, say, Lynx or Firefox with images > turned off, would not be using any technology that processes aira-* > attributes. As such she would not see an alternative to the missing > image, and would not know the purpose of the link. > > We (HTML WG) need to ensure that HTML 5 continues to cater for to users > with 'non-mainstream' set-ups even when ignoring all Aria-specifc > features. > > In this particular case the simplest way of achieving that seems to be > to retain the requirement for a non-empty alt on an image which is the > entire content of a link. > > Smylers > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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