- From: Waddell, Cynthia <cynthia.waddell@ci.sj.ca.us>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 13:58:57 -0700
- To: "Waddell, Cynthia" <cynthia.waddell@ci.sj.ca.us>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org, "'Liam Quinn'" <liam@htmlhelp.com>
Thank you for your comment. Cynthia D. Waddell > ---------- > From: Liam Quinn > Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 1:06 PM > To: Waddell, Cynthia; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org > Subject: RE: Seamless Accessibility (was Re: your mail) > > At 12:01 PM 22/05/98 -0700, Waddell, Cynthia wrote: > >Regarding D-links- > >What about making them the same color of the background? The > screenreader > >will still see it. > > LQ:: I don't want the screenreader to see it unless the user of the > screenreader explicitly asks for it. D-links describe what images look > like and thus tell the non-visual user that she's viewing a visual page. > As an author, I want every user to think that the page is made > specifically > for her, so I don't want the non-visual user to get distracting remnants > of > anything visual. > > The description linked to by a D-link is not important for communicating > the content of a page. The content of the image is expressed by the ALT > attribute in the case of the IMG element and by the element content in the > case of OBJECT. > > -- > Liam Quinn > Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development > http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/ >
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