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Re: [EXTERNAL]Decorative image or not in a searchlisting?

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Apr 19, 2018 7:36AM

I am probably misunderstanding things--but I want to mention something that always intrigues me and sometimes concerns me.

Just to me, it sounds like the thought process for considering the image as being decorative is based on the idea that most people would just use the title or description to decide which article to click on. To me, it seems like the thought process should be less about what most people do and focus instead on what the content authors intended.

I know that can be problematic because most of us end up having to try to make things accessible without any direct contact with content authors--and also focusing on how most people use the UI might just be a way to compensate for not having access to information about the author's intent. So, it is just my assumption that it seems like the content authors included the title, description and image as a way to help users figure out which article to click. If that is the case, I would think the image is only decorative if it were decorative in the original article.

Again I might be misunderstanding what others are saying or I might be in error.--whatever the case is, this ends up being something I think about frequently.