Re: Comments on beta accessibility page, "What: Examples of Web Accessibility" section

Thanks for the comments, Alan. replies below.

Alan Chuter wrote:
> Under "What: Examples of Web Accessibility" I think that the intro 
> paragraph is perhaps redundant (this is already described above). It 
> might be better to say that web accessibility is very diverse and cover 
> sensory aspects (sight, hearing), input and output devices, and 
> understandability.

We've changed the very beginning, so now this is not redundant.

> Under "Alternative Text for Images" the first sentence "Alt text is the 
> classic example" uses the jargon "alt text" without explanation. Maybe 
> it could be punt in quotes to indicate that people are not expected to 
> be familiar with it.

We discussed it in the telcon and think it's OK given then heading above says "Alternative Text for Images" and the following sentence explains it and there is an image illustrating it. I think the quotes would make it stand out, which I don't think we want.

> In the third paragraph "When equivalent alt text is provided, the 
> information is available to everyone, including..." is very long and 
> could be split up into "When equivalent alt text is provided, the 
> information is available to all users. These include..."

I tweaked it.

> The images and placeholders right and left make this section visually 
> confusing for me.

OK. Let's see how it works once we have real images instead of placeholders -- the problem might be because they are text instead of actual images. I think the images in different places works nicely in http://beta.w3.org/standards/webdesign/i18n

I am totally open to changing this if warranted.

~Shawn

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Received on Friday, 4 September 2009 16:52:01 UTC