- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 10:04:22 -0000
- To: "WAI GL" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
"Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>: > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Jim Ley wrote: > The proposition that I can just disable images, leads me to another area > which I haven't seen addressed with this alternate content - what are the > alt etc. attributes? if it's a text explanation of how this illustration > is trying to get the idea across then I will probably struggle just as > much - ie "A man dropping a piece of paper on to the floor with a large > red cross through it" - would still make be more confusing than just the > paragraphs "don't drop litter" instruction. > > CMN > I think this is the difference between "alt text" and a longdesc - the > appropriate text replacement for the image is "don't drop litter" (nor > rubbish ;-) and the description of what the icon is should be a longdesc. But that makes repetition, with images disabled and the alternative content visible (which is the normal idea, longdesc on a link, title as a popup...) then I get "Don't drop litter, Don't drop litter" - ok that may well be useful to re-enforce the instruction not to drop rubbish but repetition of every idea would soon get annoying. Jim.
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