- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:02:43 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- cc: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I think that for the moment, the most common way to satisfy the requirement will be by using text in an alt attribute. I think that Ian's proposal does not obscure the requirement that links in image maps are accessible. I think it misses the requirement that the links are identifiable in a device independent manner. With this small change made I think we should accept the proposal. Charles McCN On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Jason White wrote: The ALT attribute of the AREA element is the mechanism provided for in the HTML 3.2 and 4.0 specifications. It seems reasonable to require user agents to support this capability. Likewise, it is difficult to envisage how, in a braille or speech context, the active regions of a client-side image map could be rendered other than via text (there may be other indicators, such as audible cues, but surely in almost all cases, a textual label would be necessary). I think we need further discussion of the alternatives before accepting Ian's proposal. --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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