- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:57:17 -0400
- To: "Jamie Mackay" <Jamie.Mackay@cultureandheritage.govt.nz>, "Jeff Isom" <jeff@cpd2.usu.edu>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
this is nicely done. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Mackay" <Jamie.Mackay@cultureandheritage.govt.nz> To: "'David Poehlman'" <poehlman1@home.com>; "Jeff Isom" <jeff@cpd2.usu.edu>; <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:11 PM Subject: RE: use of the "d" link for images Here is an example of what (I think) David is talking about: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/dnzb_exhibs/lit/index.htm I tend to use both D links and Longdesc tags (though this provokes a bug in Bobby which complains about repeating the link phrase.) Hopefully one day I will be able to get rid of all the D tags, but in the meantime I use link titles to describe them. I don't think just "description of previous image" or something is adequate though is it? - surely the description should refer to the specific image if the link is going to be read out with a bunch of others? Jamie Mackay The second question is what form it should take. I preffer telling people what is being described such as: "description of web access symbol". another approach is to write a separate page and provide a link such as: "descriptins of images on this page". on the separate page, you can write the descriptions and title them accordingly. you can even do this any way and use d links to call up the appropriate portions of the page but this does not always work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Isom" <jeff@cpd2.usu.edu> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 4:55 PM Subject: use of the "d" link for images I understand the purpose of the "d" link is to provide the user with a description of a complex graphic. Should all images have "d" links or only those that are complex? In other words, although a description of an image may not be essential to the content of the site, would it be a good idea to give the user and opportunity to experience the graphic in a more meaningful way? In addition, it seems that using the "d" tag could be confusing to the user if there were a number of complex graphics on the page. As the user tabbed throught the links they would hear "link d" . . . "link d" . . . "link d". They would have to work to figure out what image the link refers to. I know this is convention for describing images, but is it the best approach? Jeff ----------------------------------- Jeffrey Isom Instructional Designer Web Accessibility in Mind (http://www.webaim.org) Center for Persons with Disabilities Utah State University Logan, Utah 84322-6800 (435) 797-7582
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