Brian Cummiskey wrote:
> I've been using "View Larger Image".
>
> something like this:
>
> <a href="large.jpg" title="larger detail image of XXXX"><img
> src="small.jpg" alt="XXXX" /><br />View Larger Image</a>
>
>
> Good discussion. :)
Let's introduce a new slant to this: what happens if there are 16 thumbnail
images in a gallery (4 up, 4 across)?
Are you going to write:
<a href="large.jpg" title="larger detail image of XXXX"><img
src="small.jpg" alt="XXXX" />
<br />View Larger Image</a>
...16 times?
You *CANNOT* expect that the title attribute will be voiced by a screen
reader, as this is directly affected by the verbosity setting established by
the end user. If a power user sets verbosity to minimal (Advanced in JAWS,
which has I believe 3 settings: Beginner, intermediate and advanced, with
granular options on top of that such as "Words Include Symbols" - see the
Freedom Scientific site for more details, and remember that this is *just*
JAWS, there *are* other screen readers out there...)... At any rate, if they
set it to advanced then JAWS usually does not read aloud the title
attribute. So what you will have then, when bringing up a list of links on
the page, is 16 unique links with the identical link text - hardly
user-friendly or accessible.
One way around this would be to announce prior to the image array to "Click
on any image to view a larger version" (or similar). Another way, if the
image is being populated via a database, would be to echo back the unique
image name as part of the link text; this way, each link has unique text
associated to it:
<a href="large.jpg" title="larger detail image of XXXX"><img
src="small.jpg" alt="XXXX" />
<br /><?php echo $imagetitle; ?> - Larger Image</a>
...for example. Placing the image title first in the link text will
eliminate the annoying array of 16 unique links all starting with the same
words, useful when the user orders the links alphabetically.
Just some more to think about...
Oh, for the most part, while avoiding the phrase "Click" may seem to be
politically correct, it has become so common that even non-sighted users get
it - it's like my blind friends saying "see you later": no harm, no foul.
Cheers!
JF
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