- From: jonathan chetwynd <jc@signbrowser.org.uk>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:24:29 -0000
- To: "Chuck Hitchcock" <chitchcock@cast.org>, "William Loughborough" <love26@gorge.net>, "Anne Pemberton" <apembert@crosslink.net>, "Bailey, Bruce" <Bruce_Bailey@ed.gov>, "w3c" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Well Chuck, One of the reasons it seems to be necessary on this list, to discuss the "great text/image divide" is the complete lack of graphics on the WAI site. I'd love to see "Text supplementing meaning provided by images and images supplementing and support meaning provided (or intended) by text." it just aint happening, here OK it is true some things are difficult to illustrate, and some cartoons loose their meaning in the explanation. However it seems that the wai staffers are determined to limit themselves to the textual equivalents, and be satisfied with that. How anyone can expect to be taken seriously with that attitude is beyond my ken. Sorry if this seems a little strong, but it seems a simple and obvious demand, about as simple as 'alt' tags for most people using graphics, and yet there has been absolutely no action that's visible. jonathan chetwynd jc@signbrowser.org.uk IT teacher (learning difficulty) & accessibility consultant
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