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From: Jon Brundage
Date: Feb 3, 2010 5:00PM

That is true Jared but I was only referencing the situation where the link
text and image convey the same information.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jared Smith" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] (no subject)


On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Jon Brundage < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Consider the following code:
>
> <A href="privacyPolicy.html">Privacy Policy <img src="privacyIcon.gif"
> alt="Privacy Policy"></a>
>
> A screen reader would pronounce "privacy policy" twice which is an
> annoyance.

Right, but
<a href="privacyPolicy.html">Privacy Policy <img src="external.gif"
alt="Link opens in a new window"></a>
would result in only "Privacy Policy" being read.

And
<a href="app.doc">Employment Application <img src="word.gif" alt="Word
Document"></a>
would result in the important file type information being omitted.

And
<a href="page.html"><img src="important.jpg" alt="IMPORTANT!"> If you
don't click this link now, a kitten will die!</a>
could result in the untimely death of a kitten... and none of us want
that, do we?

This bug is resulting in cases of significant content being lost.

Jared Smith
WebAIM