- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:46:38 -0500 (CDT)
- To: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Cc: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Sorry, Joe, just went to the first of the sites you listed and I don't
> get it. What would prevent the person who owns that page from providing
> a meaningful text link to text that describes the images?
I'll rephrase your question to something that actually makes sense: What
would prevent the person who owns the page from using longdesc?
> On the second site you listed, again there's nothing to prevent
> providing a meaningful text link to a description. The images have alt
> attributes, but they're not really valid: each <img> is a link, and you
> can't put null alt on a graphical link.
Pffft. Of course you can. All we need is a warning somewhere that the
links lead to thumbnails, or simple title attributes.
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