- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 11:50:39 -0400
- To: Robert Schechter <robert-schechter@worldnet.att.net>
- CC: wai-wcag-editors@w3.org
Robert Schechter wrote:
>
> Just a comment on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
>
> While generally a very valuable document I found it strange that in
> discussing 6. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
> 1. Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual
> content.
>
> That in the document you start with graphical navigation aids and don't
> follow your own advice to "Thus, a text equivalent for an image of an
> upward arrow that links to a table of contents could be "Go to
> table of contents"."
Do you mean that we say "Go to contents" instead of "Go to table
of contents"? Here's the markup for the navigation bar at, for
example, Guideline 5:
<DIV class="noprint"><DIV class="glnav"> <a
href="#gl-new-technologies"><img alt
="Next guideline: 6" src="images/next.jpg"></a>
<a href="#gl-abbreviated-and-foreign">
<img alt="Previous guideline: 4" src="images/previous.jpg"></a>
<a href="#toc-gl-table-markup">
<img alt="Go to contents"
src="images/contents.jpg"></a></DIV></DIV>
Our formulation hardly departs from our Recommendation. Remember, the
guidelines are not rigid rules, and authors have both the freedom
and responsibility to interpret them.
- Ian
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Received on Saturday, 19 June 1999 11:49:56 UTC