At 1/26/2010 01:07 AM, David Laakso wrote:
Comments and suggestions on this site appreciated.
markup
<http://chelseacreekstudio.com/mhr/>
The blank alt attributes for the foreground images are brow-wrinklers
for me. When an image is in the foreground I figure that it is
"content" that contributes substantially to the comprehension of the
site, and I see no reason to withhold that information from search
engines and other sightless users. In contrast, when an image is
purely "decor" and contributes aesthetically but not
"informationally" then I like to see it as a background image where
it hovers ghostlike, insubstantial, visible but not touching the
content nor touchable by a parsing hand.
(Of course the aesthetic components of any work are part of its total
information, but in terms of the content/presentation dichotomy we
work with every day we can usually separate them with little effort.
For example, which foreground and background colors you use for a
website featuring construction equipment are irrelevant to the
product content at hand. The colors might well be relevant to the
client if they echo the corporate palette, but not worthy of bringing
to the attention of a screen-reader or search engine -- except in
those cases where the cosmetic design is brought to the foreground in
an article on corporate communication or web design.)
Regards,
Paul
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Paul Novitski
Juniper Webcraft Ltd.
http://juniperwebcraft.com
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