- From: Chris O'Kennon <chris@vipnet.org>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 15:07:36 -0400
- To: "'Tom Gilder'" <w3c@tom.me.uk>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
The same would apply, I assume, for images that are the backgrounds of table cells. Chris O'Kennon Commonwealth of Virginia -----Original Message----- From: Tom Gilder [mailto:w3c@tom.me.uk] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 2:58 PM To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org; Harvey Bingham Subject: Re: Background image On Friday, June 7, 2002, 5:48:07 PM, Harvey Bingham wrote: > Question: Does a background image need alt text? If so, how should > it be recognizable? No, it does not - unless the text is *essential* to understanding the page (few background images are however - they are mostly presentational). If the image is essential (does the page make no sense if you removed it?), then you could include separate text on the page, providing the same function of the image. -- Tom Gilder http://tom.me.uk/
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