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Re: 2 questions - describe the logo or just say it's thelogo? aria role for contact info?

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From: Jake Joehl
Date: Jan 20, 2013 3:54PM

This is an interesting discussion. I actually suggested to some current
colleagues and a former colleague now deceased, that our new website
have a clear description of our logo. I quite like how this was done on
http://www.acb.org/adp, which is the website for the Audio Description
Project. In keeping with their theme, they have an audio version of their logo.
Jake
Original message:
> Hi

> In my 5 years of browsing I have never had the need to download the
> logo, however you do make a good point, that scenario is simply one I
> have never thought of.
> What would bother me is if the logo appears on every single page on
> the site, (of course sighted users might be bothered by that too I
> guess).
> So what if one leaves the logo on the front page and/or on the
> "contact us" or "about us" page, if there is one?
> Ideally I'd leave an empty alt text around the logo on the front page
> if there is a clearly marked link to an "about us" page, but only some
> websites have that.

> Another thing about the logo. It has always botherred me that the alt
> text only says "company name, logo". I would like to know a little bit
> about the logo, color, shape, logo text if any, because it is the
> identity of the company, and it could be beneficial to me to have an
> understanding of what it looks like.
> I agree with the alt usage descriptions in any other case, describe
> purpose not looks, but the logo generally does not have any purpose
> except to create a viaul identity of the vwebsite owner.
> This is an interesting point.
> -Birkir

> On 1/11/13, Ramón Corominas < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> I would never put alt="" for the logo of a website.

>> The logo is not decorative content. Indeed, it is usually the main
>> component of corporate identity. Putting an alt="" to the logo makes it
>> invisible to blind users, and they might want to download the logo in
>> order to use it in a document, for example.

>> Regards,
>> Ramón.


>> Birkir wrote:

>>> Regarding the logo/link. I generally get annoyed by information about
>>> logos, find them more of a visual candy usually.
>>> How about putting the sentence after the logo into the link and set
>>> the logo´s alt to ""
>>> Then a link would read:
>>> "inclusive media & design : web media accessibility for all"
>>> I am not sure where the link points though or why it is a link at all
>>> (isn't the "home" link part of the navigation menu just a little bit
>>> below?

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