Thread Subject: Re: 11924.21 e to ISO-9241-171

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From: Travis Roth
Date: Tue, Nov 07 2006 9:05 AM

<blockquote> 8.2.7 Provide text label display option for icons Every icon
provided by software should have an associated text label and the user
should be given the option of choosing between displaying only the icon
image, the icon image with the text label or only the icon text label.
</blockquote>

<Jonathan comments> This seems a little restrictive to me. I don't think we
will be able to get all vendors to agree on this for software. In web
standards this is already the function of many browsers.

<my comments> I like the idea of a text label. However I am unsure that the
restrictions on how the label is displayed or presented are good, they do
seem restrictive. What if it is better for a text description to be made
available through an accessibility API? I would still want this option.

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