- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:56:44 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 03/11/2011 17:19, Jonathan Avila wrote: > While many images are decorative I believe authors and should step back > and ask themselves why they included the image. If the image conveys a > meaning like a smiling receptionist – that does convey something about > the company. Which I'd convey in the friendly, welcoming tone of voice of the body copy of the page, rather than with an alt="Smiling receptionist". > Another image of people of different ethnic backgrounds > may imply the company is diverse. These may be important factors to > convey to people viewing the site and getting people to buy your products. Again, tone and description. There's also widespread use of generic stock photos (alt="Closeup of a firm handshake between two businesspeople in suits", alt="Young woman sprawled on the bed, looking intently at her laptop", etc) which I'd definitely say are visual fluff. But yes, it's very difficult to have a hard and fast, black or white answer. It's up to the individual context, intent, and so on. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ ______________________________________________________________ twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke ______________________________________________________________
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