- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:00:48 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Steven Faulkner wrote: > > The part in the HTML 5 spec (see below). about it being OK to leave the > alt off if you are sending an email to someone who is known to view > images, is unecessary and just a variation on the "disabled people don't > use my web site, so I don't need to make it accessible" argument. It > adds nothing of use to the spec apart from providing another dubious > reason to omit the alt attribute. > > I propose it is removed. So say that my partner e-mails me personally an e-mail that contains a diagram of our new apartment's floor layout. What possible benefit is there to making that e-mail non-conforming? (There's no way that my partner will describe the image textually, I assure you.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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