- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 22:16:55 -0500 (EST)
- To: colin@bespin.demon.co.uk (Colin F Reynolds)
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
to follow up on what Colin F Reynolds said: > Why is it so difficult to reach a consensus on such a basic > concept as ALTernative text for images? In the post you will find at w3c-wai-wg@w3.org from April to June 1997: ALT revisited http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-wg/1997AprJun/0105.html .. I argue that it is because the answer to what is plausible or appropriate alternative text is context-sensitive. Perhaps we can tighten up the statements in the document. But there is no universal "best" because of the variant circumstances and limited options available to us. Al Gilman
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