- From: Colin F Reynolds <colin@the-net-effect.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 17:18:39 +0000
- To: www-html@w3.org
In article <199801261506.KAA06519@geode.ora.com>, Chris Maden
<crism@ora.com> writes
>The requirement is that the Web page designer think about what he is
>doing. If no alternative text is appropriate after thinking, then
>that should be specified.
No amount of "thinking about it" will compensate for the fact that in
many cases it is _impossible_ to create ALT text which satisfies the
conflicting requirements for:
+ ALTernative textual content to replace an image which is not
available to the user agent and
+ Tooltips for an image which has been rendered in the user agent.
The former is ALTernative information; the latter is SUPPLEMENTARY
information.
--
Colin Reynolds
Please don't ASS*U*ME anything -
if you do, you'll risk making an ASS out of U and ME :)
Received on Monday, 26 January 1998 12:31:27 UTC