- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:20:03 -0600
- To: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong@pobox.com>, "Andrew Kirkpatrick" <andrew_kirkpatrick@wgbh.org>, "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
-----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of B.K. DeLong Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 8:13 pm To: Andrew Kirkpatrick; 'david poehlman'; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: RE: Image Galleries, Alt vs caption. At 08:46 PM 12/5/2004 -0500, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote: > > caption and alt serve two different purposes, caption is more like > > title. alt is replacement. > >B.K. is talking about a caption for the image, not using the HTML >caption element. > >The best way to go is to do what was suggested earlier - make the image >and the text all part of the same link and make the alt text null. >This reduces the overall verbosity of the page and reduces redundant >tabbing for keyboard and screen reader users. > >If you're looking for a way to do the thumbnail images in CSS, Mark >Newhouse has a good method that he describes at: >http://realworldstyle.com/thumb_float.html Thanks, Andrew. I think this will be the way to go. I agree: this would be a good solution. John -- B.K. DeLong bkdelong@pobox.com +1.617.797.2472 http://bkdelong.mit.edu Work. http://www.brain-stream.com Play. http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org Potter. http://www.city-of-doors.com Sigil. http://www.hackerfoundation.org Future. http://www.osvdb.org/ Security. http://www.wkdelong.org Son. PGP Fingerprint: 38D4 D4D4 5819 8667 DFD5 A62D AF61 15FF 297D 67FE FOAF: http://foaf.brain-stream.org
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