- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 23:40:02 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Mon, 7 Jun 2010, Bruce Lawson wrote: > > <figure> > <img src=ceo.jpg alt=""> > <figcaption>Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a synergy</figcaption> > </figure> > > seems entirely accessible I would have said the opposite -- there's no alternative to the image provided, so it's entirely inaccessible. Here's an example of what I would have expected for this to be considered accessible: <figure> <img src=ceo.jpg alt="Photograph: A tall man with brown hair, and a moustache sits at a keyboard while smiling to the camera."> <figcaption>Brian Slick, CEO of Blammo Corp, leveraging a synergy</figcaption> </figure> > <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". It's also non-conforming, since that isn't alternative text, it's caption text (the image title). -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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