- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 03:14:12 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- cc: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
Sorry, but I didn't mean my suggestion flippantly. If you are not making a browser, and there are things you want a borwser to do, then it might be that they are not possible, and you have to wait for the developers to get around to it. (There are plenty of open source browsers, but mostly they are too complex for an individual to fix one problem). The point was that it isn't something that is part of the HTML that you are writing. See my next suggestion for an approach that might work for authoring a page. If the javascript fragment is correct (I didn't test it yet) and the solution does what you are after (again not very certain) then we could build a transcoding proxy that would do that for any page. It also depends on your browser, and whether getting the information in the status bar is enough. I don't know how to do tooltips, but I suspect it might be possible in something like mozilla or ie without massive problems. If you write to mozilla-accessibility@mozilla.org you might even find someone who can do this. (In this case I'll follow up there). cheers Charles On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: A while back I wrote commenting that WAI should be known as HTMLAI due to the focus of its attention. Chaals wrote>So for your favourite browser maker, write to them and ask for this feature to be included. I've tried this tack with regard to transparency, and it might take 4 years, or it might never happen. If WAI means Web Accessibility Initiative, there is a responsibility for us to identify issues and keep a journal. This forum is an aspect of this, which I possibly abuse. None the less I do have a Mental Health student who only uses tabbing to navigate, she has a fairly serious shake due to medication,and cannot control a mouse or tracker ball. I had not noticed the absence of alt/title tag information, which is embarrassing as I've been teaching her for a few months... This is a serious issue and is not to be resolved by the rather flippant suggestion from Charles. jonathan chetwynd IT teacher (LDD) j.chetwynd@btinternet.com http://www.peepo.com "The first and still the best picture directory on the web" -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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