- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:47:28 -0500 (EST)
- To: Harry Woodrow <harrry@email.com>
- cc: RUST Randal <RRust@COVANSYS.com>, "WAI (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
No, because then people who are looking at the page visually (not reading alt text by default) will miss out. cheers Chaals On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Harry Woodrow wrote: would another possible way around this be to use a small placeholder image and use the ALT tag of this to convey the required information. I know it is not an elegant solution but may be better than nothing. Harry Woodrow -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Charles McCathieNevile Sent: Tuesday, 15 January 2002 9:47 PM To: RUST Randal Cc: WAI (E-mail) Subject: Re: Netscape Well, it is possible to make a site that is accessible to people who use browsers appropriate to their needs. Having some text easily associated with a form control for example becuase it goes something like label for a button [button] or another one [button] please enter your name [text-entry] tick here for spam [checkbox] is a start. It can be improved if the text in each case is a label element. That won't help people who use Netscape 4, or people who are just looking at the screen and using a Mouse and IE6. But it won't make it less accessible for those people, and will make it more accessible for people who use a browser that does do something with the label element. In general, if you can't work out how something can be made accessible, try thinking about whether there are things that make it inaccessible, and whether those things can be changed. It isn't a perfect solution, but it is a simple way to get another lot of answers to questions. Cheers Chaals On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, RUST Randal wrote: If Netscape doesn't support the <label> tag, then how is it possible to create a form that is accessible? Randal Rust Senior Consultant Covansys, Inc. -- 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) -- 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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