Re: Example canvas element use - accessibility concerns

Le 20 févr. 2009 à 19:10, Rob Sayre a écrit :
> I do agree that validators can encourage people to do things, or  
> alert them to problems they weren't previously aware of. I'm curious  
> how a validator would deal with the requirements in Ian's draft for  
> the alt attribute. I also know of a very successful validator that  
> manages to inform users of problems not quite covered by spec  
> requirements. Here's an example:
>
> <http://feedvalidator.org/docs/warning/NotInline.html>

Yes very good validator.

Olivier has been recently working on fuzzy matching for the W3C Markup  
Validator.
http://www.w3.org/blog/systeam/2009/02/16/validator_fuzzy_match

> So, while I agree that specs beget validators, I disagree that  
> validators need RFC2119 imperatives to do their job in this case.

I didn't say that. :)


>> "Not working well at this point in the message…" I think I  
>> understand your goal, but "reality" and "real world" should be  
>> banned from all discussions we have about technologies. These  
>> expressions are a smoke screen to the actual issues
>
> There are certainly W3C Working Groups that appear to have banned  
> those terms. I don't think it is a good idea.

Let me put back the part you cut ;)

Le 20 févr. 2009 à 18:30, Karl Dubost a écrit :
> and often a flag to promote the idea of one's group on the line of  
> "My reality is real, not yours." :)

The issue is that talking about reality add a layer of semantic  
indirection in the discussion.


> <http://code.google.com/webstats/>
> Is a good survey.

was a good survey. You should look at the awesome work that Brian  
Wilson has recently published.
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/mama/

Btw There is a call for suggestions for MAMA 2.0
http://www.iheni.com/ask-mama-what-the-web-is-made-of/


> Looks like there are a lot of alt attributes out there. I wonder how  
> many are empty, and how many are valid according to the requirements  
> in Hixie's draft (difficult to measure!)

Yes very difficult to measure. It needs often human checking. Plus the  
evaluation of a useful alt will again depends on the context.

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