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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: Robert Jaquiss
Date: Jan 20, 2013 6:21PM

Hello:

I am new to this list, so this is the first thread I have commented on.
As a blind user, I might find it useful to have a description of a logo on
the Home and About pages, but an empty alt tag on other pages. In this way,
the information about the logo is available, but doesn't have to be passed
over all the time.

Regards,
Robert

Robert Jaquiss


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

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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