- From: Rich Caloggero <rich@accessexpressed.net>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 14:32:10 -0500
- To: "'B.K. DeLong'" <bkdelong@naw.org>
- Cc: "'wai list'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Tuesday, January 26, 1999 2:50 PM, B.K. DeLong [SMTP:bkdelong@naw.org] wrote: > > > At 02:08 PM 1/26/99 -0500, you wrote: > >If you give the author an > >option to leave these blank (null) then the links may not be visible at > all > >to a blind user > > No...my reasoning for adding an option to leave the ALT attribute blank is > because many Web developers and Authoring Tools use invisible "spacer" > graphics for the purpose of layout. Perhaps when the user chooses a null > option, a prompt will say "Are you sure? People who use text-browsers, have > images turned off, or visually impared users using screen readers will not > be able to see this image." I don't want to belabor this point... I think null tags are fine, but I think the authoring tool should know when the image in question is a link, and if it is, refuse to put a null tag on it. Maybe I'm missing something here, but do designers use these spacer graphics as links? I think null is the best alt string for many many situations, just not for links! > > -- > B.K. DeLong 360 Huntington Ave. > Director Suite 140CSC-305 > New England Chapter Boston, MA 02115 > World Organization (617) 247-3753 > of Webmasters > > http://www.world-webmasters.org > bkdelong@naw.org Rich Caloggero
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