- From: Alan J. Flavell <flavell@a5.ph.gla.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 15:04:56 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- cc: WAI Guidelines List <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Liam Quinn wrote: > At 11:14 AM 18/02/98 +0000, Alan J. Flavell wrote: > >It's the job of the browser to alert the reader to the fact that this > >ALT text is standing-in for an image, by whatever means the browser > >designer chooses. > I don't think it should be clear. Since the ALT text is a replacement for > the image, the average reader shouldn't even know which text is normal text > and which is ALT text. My apologies. I should rather have said that it's the job of the browser to give the reader the option to be alerted to the fact that the ALT text is standing-in for an image. Readers who do not wish this should, of course, have the option to turn it off (or to not turn it on). > I prefer Lynx's default presentation of ALT text. And so do I, usually; but anyone who prefers to be alerted would have to issue the "*" keycommand, and the resulting [LINK]-[IMAGE] displays may be considered rather obtrusive.
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