RE: alt-text idea...

This is a powerful safetynet type of idea - but we have to be
careful in implementation or this could cause a LOT of extra web
traffic.  and slow page loading...   if every page without alt
text does a fetch of the title for each of the links on the page.

However, if we set it up so that it is not done automatically it
should be fine.    That is, if it were a user option or done on
user request.    Then the titles would only be fetched if the
user was looking at blank image anchors and had no idea what they
pointed to.    No substitute for ALT, but a very nice safety net.

So this would really be a UA issue primarily - with titles being
important for it to work.   So I will post this (separately) over
there.

Gregg


-----Original Message-----
From: w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org
[mailto:w3c-wai-au-request@w3.org]On
Behalf Of Jan Richards
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 1998 1:48 PM
To: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
Subject: Re: alt-text idea...


Hi,

I agree. It may be a good last chance solution for browsers but
it
shouldn't become an ALT text substitute.  We may howeve want to
emphasize good TITLE-ing of documents within authoring tools.

- Jan

William Loughborough wrote:
>
> Ian sends from Wendy: "Another possible use of the TITLE
element is to
> provide alt-text for images used as linke to pages when authors
don't
> provide alt-text.  In this case, a brower could grab the
contents of the
> TITLE element of the document being pointed to and use this as
the
> alt-text."
>
> WL:: I don't think this is the venue for this because: 1) it
doesn't
> deal with authoring *Tool* possibilities, rather is mainly for
browsers;
> 2) it's not likely to "provide [USEFUL] alt-text for images..."
since
> the TITLE isn't apt to give much info about any particular IMG.
> --
> Love.
>             ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
> http://dicomp.pair.com

Received on Sunday, 14 June 1998 12:39:07 UTC