- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:16:39 -0500
- To: <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Cc: <wai-xtech@w3.org>
My thought is that any purposeful clutter is still clutter. I don't know the solution for the valid points raised on this topic, but I don't like any of the alternatives any better. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshue O Connor" <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> To: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com> Cc: <wai-xtech@w3.org> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: Re: Request for PFWG WAI review of Omitting alt Attribute for Critical Content Dave Pawson wrote: > As a document author you might be able to make that judgment. > As a reader how can you know that that assessment has been made? Indeed. There is a degree of trust on the part of the user that the author is doing their best to provide them with appropriate information. That it is a quality, well designed site etc. I guess, the acid test it whether the user will continue therefore to use a site or service or whether they move onto something better that suits their needs. > The comparison is an author who is lazy and his tool inserts alt="" by default. > The other is the conscientious author who does the same affirmatively > knowing that the surrounding text provides the same information? Yes. I suppose there will always be lazy authors and the best that spec can do is some kind of damage limitation that on top of designing better tools, education etc. > 'no text equivalent' as alt text at least says something, perhaps still > leaving the reader edgy that he/she has missed something. It is arguable that there could be times when there is 'no text equivalent' either needed or wanted. > 'no text equivalent needed' is a bit cocky IMO, even if true according > to the author; perhaps a shorter version of > 'image information provided in associated text' is an improvement? Perhaps, but is that a user agent issue to a degree? What are others thoughts? Cheers Josh
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