Brad wrote: > Omitting the alt attribute as a requirement may have a level of > appropriateness for sites like flickr Creating content on the Web that is only accessible by one group of people is never appropriate.
Sites like flickr have tools that let photo contributors upload photos in batches for convenience. As often happens, convenience for one group of people causes inconvenience for another group of people. Regards, -Vlad http://xhtml.com -------- Original Message -------- From: Brad Pollard Date: 2007-08-30 6:28 AM >> If the developers of flickr.com or Photobucket were to implement the >> recommendations regarding the omission of the alt attribute within the >> current HTML 5 draft what are the potential effects upon the accessibility >> of the sites for users of assistive technology such as screen readers? >> Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5 - >> http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/articles/altinhtml5.html > > Omitting the alt attribute as a requirement may have a level of > appropriateness for sites like flickr (as it currently stands) but flickr > should be doing more to encourage their contributors to write a bit more of a > story about their images - the extra information would be useful to not only > the visually impaired. > > The inclusion of the alt attribute as a requirement has improved developer > awareness of accessibility - we all work with images. > > The alt attribute as a requirement has played, and should continue to play, > an important role in accessibility. > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
