- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:48:13 -0400
- To: dd@w3.org
- Cc: "webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net" <webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net>, "w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>
>An smart UA could completely drop the ALT="" image link, after >checking that the A href for the img is the same as some other very >close textual A. I like the idea of a smart UA surpressing a picture link that's near and equal URL-wise to a text link, but couldn't it do that more generally, even if ALT is not "" ? User configurable of course. ACtually, this is a potential ER repair tool feature idea which, like all repair tool features, would have use in the user interface As for associating a specific behavior with ALT="", we could try to establish that convention, but I think it would be better to use Aural CSS, with the Speaking property set to "none". cf. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/aural.html#speaking-props Yes, it would take longer for this to come to pass, but it would take a long time to promote specific meaning for "" vs " " By the way, what about " " or " " Would they be semantically the same as " " Len ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Universal Design Engineer, Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering Temple University Ritter Hall Annex, Room 423, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org (215} 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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