- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:07:11 +0000 (GMT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > > SnVzdCBhIHRob3VnaHQNCg0KSWYgdGhlcmUgaXMgYSBncmFwaCBpdCBzaG91ZGwgYmUgcHJldHR5 > IG9idmlvdXMgdmlzdWFsbHkuIFNvIGhvdyBhYm91dCwgZm9yIGEgZ3JhcGggb3IgY2hhcnQgYWx0 Please use plain text! [A] Just a thought > If there is a graph it shoudl be pretty obvious visually. So how about, ** for a graph or chart alt="Chart showing (chart title) - for detail ** follow the link (name of link)" substituting (chart title) and (name The alt text for a graph depends on the nature of a graph. If it is in a social sciences research paper, it is unlikely that one could summarise it better than the extensive prose text that should already accompany it. If it is in advertising copy (the case for most web pages), and if what the graph appears to show would stand up in court, the alt text should say what should be the instant conclusion of viewing the graph. [A] My email transport will unscramble inappropriate use of base64 if the document is single part, but the "HTML" alternative meant that the email was too complex for that - my user agent unscrambles it for viewing, but not for replying. The whole point of UTF-8 is that you can encode Western European languages in it and have them come out looking more or less like ASCII text, with no need for special encodings.
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