- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:19:09 +0100
- To: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Cc: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
hi bruce, <figure> <img src=ceo.jpg alt=""> <figcaption>Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a synergy</figcaption> </figure> > seems entirely accessible (?) the issue i see with this is that using alt="" says the image can be safely ignored. A caption is a label for something so the presence of the image needs to be exposed. when <figcaption> is supported in browsers the mapping will be provided so that: <figure><img src=ceo.jpg alt="Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a synergy"></figure> and <figure> <img src=ceo.jpg> <figcaption>Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a synergy</figcaption> </figure> will both provide the accessible name as "Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a synergy" regards stevef On 7 June 2010 15:05, Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com> wrote: > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:42:17 +0100, Laura Carlson > <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> # decorative images should not be allowed as content of a <figure> >>> element as the HTML5 semantics imply that the content of the figure >>> should be meaningful, so no <img alt=""> >>> # when a figure has a <figcaption> the content of the <figcaption> >>> should act as the accessible name for the image(s) inside the <figure> >>> if the image(s) do not have a text alternative provided using the alt >>> attribute. > > Sounds sensible to me. But this couls be misinterpreted as contradictory. > For example. > > <figure> > <img src=ceo.jpg alt=""> > <figcaption>Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a > synergy</figcaption> > </figure> > > seems entirely accessible (?) and fits in with your first bullet. But a > designer might be troubled by the first bullet which says no <img alt=""> > and write > > > <figure> > <img src=ceo.jpg alt="Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a > synergy"> > <figcaption>Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a > synergy</figcaption> > </figure> > > which is "too much accessibility". > > > -- > Hang loose and stay groovy, > > Bruce Lawson > Web Evangelist > www.opera.com (work) > www.brucelawson.co.uk (personal) > www.twitter.com/brucel > Pre-order my HTML5 book www.introducinghtml5.com > -- 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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