WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: WAVE 3.0 alpha

for

From: Andrew.Arch@visionaustralia.org.au
Date: Jan 23, 2003 10:48PM


Hello Paul,

A few more comments:

1. The "Explanation" file recommends use of alt="" rather than " " for
spacer images. our experience is that screen readers tend to announce the
file name if "" is used but not if " " (ie including a space) is used. Also
the "" is not text; a space is actually a text character.

2. The "Explanation" file suggests that you identify suspicious alt text -
can I suggest you add "space" to the list?

3. Three cheers for identifying background images and asking if they
contain real information - this is a common prcatice for compnay names and
logos and the branding and identification becomes lost if images are not
being viewed/looked at.

Cheers, Andrew
_________________________________
Dr Andrew Arch
Manager Online Accessibility Consulting, Vision Australia Foundation
Ph 613 9864 9222; Fax 613 9864 9210; Mobile 0438 755 565
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/webaccessibility |
http://www.it-test.com.au/ | http://www.dc-anz.org/

Member, Education & Outreach Working Group,
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/





----
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or view list archives,
visit http://www.webaim.org/discussion/