- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:19:31 +0100
- To: Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>
- Cc: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, HTMLWG <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
Steve Faulkner wrote: > Because of the different support provided by AT the safest bet would be, if > the image is the sole content of a link, a description of the links target > page, not a description of the image. for example: > > <img alt="Sgt.Pepper and Robinone Individual Photo Page"> Thats right. The screen reader user will not care that the image you have used is of a nice shiny aqua styled icon. In this context such information and description about the graphic itself is completely redundant. It is much better to describe for the user the link destination, or give then some information about what they can do or expect when they get there. josh
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