Re: ALT text survey

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

Received on Tuesday, 10 February 1998 22:17:17 UTC