Brett Patterson wrote:
I meant that rather than using image mapping for hyperlinks, you
could use it to (sort of) point out a particular part of an image, as
if you wanted to show someone who can see which person in a picture
is you if they hover their mouse over that image map. And you can use
it for someone who is blind, by showing them sections in a picture,
as if there are rapids in one part of a picture and your canoe in
another.
I mean image maps being used to show particular sections in a
picture, give it a title and alt attribute, and allow people to see
what is what in the picture by holding their mouse over parts in a
picture.
Some picture sites, like photobucket and others allow users to "tag"
certain parts of a picture to allow users to see who is who in a
picture. I was wondering if it would be okay to do the same thing
with using image maps and not using them as links.
Do you mean something like this?
http://css-tricks.com/image-map-with-prototype-tooltips/
Not sure about how this would benefit someone who can't see, though?
Provided you have given ALT attributes to the AREA shapes, screen
readers should be happy.
FWIW image maps *are* links, and can be followed by search engines and
text browsers, screen readers, etc.. Without scripting, though, they are
hard to discover in graphical browsers-- and not everyone has scripting
enabled.
Design is about compromise, I believe. No one solution fits all
situations. So the answer is a qualified "yes" - you can use an image
map for this.
Cordially,
David
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