- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:48:45 -0500
- To: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 08:31 PM 17/02/98 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: >as you described it reading seemlessly, we won't know what a clickable >thing is. if it is an immage of a button that you have to click on, I've >found that saying so let's me know where to click. >e.g. "submit button". Shouldn't the browser indicate that an image is a submit button (by a different voice, or an audio icon before reading the ALT text, etc.)? >On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, >Liam Quinn wrote: > >> At 08:52 AM 17/02/98 -0500, David Poehlman wrote: >> >comments marked with dhp below. >> >> My comments are prefixed with LQ:: >> >> >dhp if it is a button, say it is a button. >> >> LQ:: Why? How does knowing it's a button provide you with any information >> about the *content* of the page? The fact that a button is on the page >> provides no more information than knowing that the text is in Times New >> Roman and fuchsia. What is needed is to know what the button represents, >> and for that the presence of the button itself is just a distraction if you >> can't actually see it. -- Liam Quinn Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/
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