- From: <goliver@accease.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:57:50 -0800 (PST)
- To: jm.damour@camo.qc.ca
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
The reason that I checked your assertion is that it is a potentially serious one in terms of the advice that we give site designers. That is use alt="" for images which are 'superfluous' Here is the test page I used http://www.soundingboard.co.nz/AltTest.nsf At this point based on our testing I am not going to change the advice that we give. Cheers Graham On Thu, 21 February 2002, "Jean-Marie D'Amour" wrote > > Hi Graham, > > The behavior that i have indicated is for non-link images. > > Jean-Marie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <goliver@accease.com> > To: <jm.damour@camo.qc.ca> > Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:05 PM > Subject: Two links (Image and Text) side by side - was Re: Another question > about JAWS 4.01 rendering > > > > Hi Jean-Marie > > I confirmed this behaviour when the *image is a link*. > > > > This has interesting consequences for the sort of > > design where there are two links side by side to the > > same place (an image link and a text link),to aid > > people who may prefer image navigation. > > > > I think the IBM site (as an example) chose to have > > alt="" for the image in order not to have the same link > > text read out twice in a row. > > However, perhaps a better solution would need to be > > found? > > > > I don't like using alt = " " on an image as a link > > because when you mouseover you get a little box, which > > can be confusing! > > > > For clarification when the image is *not* a link alt="" > > does *not* read the name of the image. > > > > Cheers > > Graham > > > > On Mon, 18 February 2002, jm.damour@camo.qc.ca wrote > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > In JAWS 4.01, for an image with a null alt text > > (alt=""), JAWS read the name > > > of the image. If alt is alt=" ", JAWS don't read the > > name. > > > > > > I think it is a result wich can surprise many Web > > designers. > > > > > > Jean-Marie D'Amour, M.Ed. > > > CAMO pour personnes handicapées > > > www.camo.qc.ca > > > Montréal, Québec, Canada > > > > AccEase Ltd : Making on-line information accessible > > Phone : +64 9 846 6995 > > Email : goliver@accease.com > > AccEase Ltd : Making on-line information accessible Phone : +64 9 846 6995 Email : goliver@accease.com
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