- From: Bill Mason <whatwg@accessibleinter.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:21:14 -0700
Today in IRC a discussion lead to a hypothetical example that didn't fit easily into the spec's current requirements for the alt attribute. The example was a case of a hacker who replaces the Google logo on google.com with an image only containing the text "WE HACKED YOUR SERVERS". We assume the hacker cares enough about accessibility to set the alt attribute to the same text. Since the image is no longer the company logo, it falls outside the logo discussion in the Icons requirement for alt. The new image would appear to fall into the "phrase or paragraph with an alternative graphical representation" requirement. The spec's current language that the image is "something [that] can be more clearly stated in graphical form" something doesn't fit well because this hypothetical image is not 'more clear' -- it's equivalent. I would like to suggest that the language here somehow encompass that an image that is an equivalent statement to the phrase or paragraph also falls under this requirement. Perhaps something like: "Sometimes something can be more clearly stated in graphical form, for example as a flowchart, a diagram, a graph, or a simple map showing directions. Or something is equivalently stated in graphical form, for example an image that is a graphical representation of text that does not appear in the surrounding text. In such cases, an image can be given using the img element, but the [note: omitting the word 'lesser' that appears in the current spec language] textual version must still be given," [etc, rest of current spec paragraph follows] -- Bill Mason Accessible Internet whatwg at accessibleinter.net http://accessibleinter.net/
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