Re: Request for clarification of 'In many cases, the image is actually just supplementary' from Leif Halvard Silli on 2008-08-23 (wai-xtech@w3.org from August 2008)

From: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:17:00 +0200
To: David Poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
CC: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org
Message-ID: <48B00DCC.8070807@malform.no>

David Poehlman 2008-08-23 14.38:

> anytime you require the empty string, it is ambiguous.  If it can be seen 
> visually, it must be reflected textually.  The image is there for a reason 
> and that needs to be addressed.

Having the @role attribute, we could address that issue without 
hurting the reading with placeholder text.
-- 
leif halvard sili

Received on Saturday, 23 August 2008 13:17:49 UTC