- From: Jim Thatcher <jim@jimthatcher.com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:25:43 -0600
- To: "'Chris Ridpath'" <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>, "'WAI WCAG List'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Chris, see <JT> below. Andrew noted that Alt text used in images that are links should not start with the word "link". (e.g. "link to our home page") This is because the image is explicitly a link and user agents can tell the user that. <JT>That is one good reason. Avoid hearing "Link link to home page" with a screen reader. Perhaps more important is fact that a links list can be navigated by "first letter." All the links that start "link to ..." and the first letter navigation is useless. </JT> We could also exclude the words "submit" and "button" on INPUT elements that have a type of "image". It's already explicit in the HTML code that the this is a submit button so the Alt text should contain other information. <JT>I think this is an error. The alt-text is in input with type="image". The alt text is the only way text is associated with the image button - and that might well be "submit" but probably not "button". </JT> Jim
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