- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:31:35 -0800
- To: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong@naw.org>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 01:18 p.m. 01/25/99 -0500, B.K. DeLong wrote: >I'd like to suggest that something stating that ALT attributes should >contain meaningful content and not filename or image size or it should have >nothing in it (i.e. ALT=""). The current techniques document says: Alternative text (Alt-text) Alternative text represents the function of the content. Alternative text should not describe visual appearance or how something sounds. For example, if an image of a magnifying glass is used for a search button, the alt-text would be "Search" rather than "Magnifying glass". Quicktest! A good test to determine if alternative text is useful is to imagine reading the document aloud over the telephone. What would you say upon encountering this image to make the page comprehensible to the listener? Does this do what you ask for? -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/ Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet http://www.idyllmtn.com/ Six Principles of Accessible Web Design: http://www.kynn.com/+six Spring 1999 Virtual Dog Show! http://www.dogshow.com/ Enroll now for my web accessibility course http://www.kynn.com/+access
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