- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:44:35 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
The techniques talk alot about allow the author to edit the markup. While this important and useful it would be, I think just as important to emphesize prompting the user for functional information and hiding the underlying markup as much as possible. Fo exampel when inserting an image the tool could ask author not just for the ALT text and LONGDESC url. But ask them first the purpose of the image, is it a: 1. Decorative logo 2. Image of person, place or thing 3. Chart or graph 4. Button or link .... The dialog would route the author to the appropraite accessibility questions related to the purpose of the image. The ALT and LONGDESC for IMG or the proper OBJECT markup would be generated based on the answers and questions the people were asked during the dialog. Could this approach be highlighted in the text of checkpoint? Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.w3.org/wai/ua http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
Received on Tuesday, 21 September 1999 12:39:54 UTC