- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:40:08 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 02:17 PM 04/05/98 -0700, William Loughborough wrote: >RD:: "I maintain it's better to have too much information than not >enough..." > >WL:: The discussion usually involves those who take that position and >those who get sick of hearing a TITLE="thin blue line separating section >A from section B" sort of droning away with no easy way to turn it off >and Bobby demanding it! LQ:: I wouldn't do anything merely to satisfy Bobby, but TITLE="End of Section A", TITLE="Start of Section B" or TITLE="New Section" would be more appropriate and less verbose for an HR element. For an IMG element, the TITLE should be context-free; TITLE="Thin blue line" would probably be best. The ALT attribute on IMG would provide a suitable replacement in the spirit of HR's TITLE attribute. I think TITLEs on HR elements are rather silly though. The level of the next heading should indicate whether one has reached a new section or not. When writing new pages, I find myself not using HR. Sometimes I use a style sheet with a 'border-top' instead of an HR, but usually I find that the document is more attractive visually without any dividing lines. It's structurally sound either way. WL:: >One suggestion that there be a "for decorative purposes only" label for >certain IMG thingies LQ:: I use ALT="" as a "for decorative purposes only" label. >If the only way to get ALT= in places where it is required for >accessibility is to put it *everywhere* that it's possible, then perhaps >we'll have to live with excess verbosity. LQ:: Then I think we'd be sacrificing the high level of usability provided by seamless accessibility. -- Liam Quinn Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/
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