- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 07:20:20 -0800
- To: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Wendy, Checked out the guidelines (well, the first few anyway), and your experiment in using graphics was well done. It is, honesty, the first time I have seen a long description link in use. The three examples listed are good, but they, too, beg to be illustrated. Let me nitpick on the first example. >Example 1. a short label: A right arrow icon is used to link to the next slide in a slideshow. The text equivalent is the title of the next slide. The text equivalent for the arrow should be the word "next", not the title of the next slide, unless the title is also presented in the visual version. Technically, to be most correct, and most useful, the arrow should have the word "next" embedded in it as well as associated in the text equivalent. >Example 2. a short label and a longer explanation: A bar chart compares how many widgets were sold in June, July, and August. The short label says, "Numbers of widgets sold in June, July, and August." The longer explanation provides the data presented in the chart. This should be provided with an example of such a bar chart and the short label (alt text?) and longer explanation (D-Link?). >Example 3. a short label and a longer explanation: An animation shows how to tie a knot. The short label says, "How to tie a figure 8." The longer explanation describes the hand movements needed to tie the knot. Again, this begs to be illustrated. You may need to change the example if an animation on tying a knot doesn't exist. The flash animation on the www.ikea.com site to put together a bookcase could be used, if a shorter example can't be found. Wendy, you've made an excellent start! Anne Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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