Re: advice on alt text for image maps

On Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 12:49:11AM +0200, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> 2014-01-07 22:42, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> >On 07/01/2014 18:18, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> >>Specifically, in the case being discussed, if you hear (or see) text
> >>that tells you to select between North Katoomba and South Katoomba, how
> >>would the text ”Map of Katoomba” help you (when you do not see the map)?
> >
> >It would help to understand the context of those links, i.e. that
> >there is a map and that the user can select different regions of
> >that map to get to the content?
> >
> 
> In the example, the context had been specified in the text, and the
> map does not add to it.
> 
> How would it help to know that there is a map when you cannot see
> that map? 

It's especially useful when multiple people are working and referring
to the same document. 

Also not all blind people are 100% blind. It's useful as a user to
know what the blob is everyone else is talking about. Oh, that image?
it's a map of Katoomba. Now when your colleagues say "yeah that text
under the Katoomba map" you're not totally lost and feeling like you
can't keep up with everyone because some web dev didn't think it 
necessary to let you know things everyone else seems to Just Know.

Sorry just my UserFrustration speaking. It's useful to know there is
an image, and it's useful to know what it's an image OF. It also
helps when silly people send HTML email to a text-only client and
you wonder if that image is something important, related to the text
you can read, or something you can safely ignore.

-Mallory

Received on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 07:48:27 UTC