- From: Jon Ribbens <jon+w3c-wai-ig@unequivocal.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:52:49 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote: > Slavish adherence to a guideline does not an accessible site make - > the easiest example to cite is the requirement for ALT text on > images: all too often we see sites that "pass" because the content > creator used "<img src="path to file" alt="graphic" />" - > technically a pass, but practically useless. While I agree with much of what you said, the above is incorrect. The guideline says "provide a text equivalent" - and in your example, the text is clearly not an equivalent, so it does not pass the checkpoint, even "technically".
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