- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@sidar.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 19:55:54 +0100
- To: John Routa <jr@jrouta.net>
- CC: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
John Routa wrote: > > I have a friend that is totally blind that uses JAWS screen reader. I > asked what he felt about the "text only" concept. He replied that his > screen reader ignores graphics altogether. > > If a graphic is in itself a link, it should be identified as such in > the ALT or LONGDESC attributes. I think that would negate the need for > "text only" pages. > I believe that you are correct, and that recognised best practise is generally not to produce text only sites. (These are not the same statement: There are reasons for recommending against text-only pages which have nothing to do with images nor with screen readers) Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Fundacion Sidar http://www.sidar.org
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