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RE: WAVE 3.0 alpha

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From: Jukka Korpela
Date: Dec 12, 2002 1:37AM

Terence de Giere wrote:

> I did not find anything wrong here, using WAVE 3.0 alpha. It
> recognized the the alt text for the form submit button. This page
> (http://www.hoehnermusikfan.net/) checks out well with other
> accessibility checkers.

Yes, Wave shows the ALT texts, which is very useful for evaluating
whether _adequate_ textual alternatives have been specified.
The value "senden" is OK (in a German-language document), though
maybe a more descriptive text would be even better. I mean
using words that express what sending the form means, like
subscribing to a service that will send news by E-mail. The text
"W