- From: Bill Mason <w3c@accessibleinter.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:41:48 -0800
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 01:01 PM 11/11/2002, Bob Regan wrote: >So spacer images and images that require the use of the null or the empty >alt attribute do not fit the profile of the Contribute user. Folks who >design pages (in the Macromedia vision of the world) use Dreamweaver. >Folks who simply update or create content, use Contribute. That's an unfortunate design choice. I can think of many sites I've worked on where there are images that are swapped regularly (like promo images on a main page) but an ALT text would be inappropriate because the page copy already tells you what you would theoretically need to know in an ALT. >The term description was intended to provide a less technical way of >understanding the term in the absence of training for those trying with >less of a technical background. It's really misleading though, since often an "image description" is what's better suited for a TITLE attribute. ALT is about the message the image delivers, but too often is written as a blow-by-blow description of what the image is. This just reinforces that problem. Bill Mason Accessible Internet w3c@accessibleinter.net http://www.accessibleinter.net/
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