The assumption [1] that informs the normative and informative statements in the current HTML5 spec in regards to alt, does not take into account a primary use case for consumers of text alternatives. AT's such as JAWS and Window Eyes inform a user of an images presence when an image receives virtual focus: <img alt="some text"> announces: "graphic some text" [1] http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20080822#l-271 # [11:12] <hsivonen> Hixie: there's a chance that your assuption that alt text should make sense when flattened as part of surrounding prose isn't the right assumption # [11:13] <hsivonen> Hixie: and that users would be better off getting cued that a piece of text is an alt digression from the surrounding prose and doesn't need to flow nicely into the paragraph # [11:13] <Hixie> there's always a chance that i'm wrong on many things :-) # [11:14] <Hixie> well i don't know about AT users, but at least from the point of view of a Lynx/Links user (which I am regularly), I certainly wouldn't want to be told whenever there's an image, i just want the image replaced with the text -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.htmlReceived on Friday, 22 August 2008 11:42:36 UTC
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