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Re: [External Sender] image link question

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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Sep 5, 2019 9:16AM

Sharon, I don't think this violates any WCAG (up to AA) success criteria.
It may violate an AAA one, I honestly don't know. The closest AAA violation
would be 2.4.9 Link Purpose. I just read this over, and it doesn't seem to
apply, but I wouldn't swear to it. I think this falls in the realm of
usability rather than accessibility.

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 11:03 AM Terzian, Sharon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi
> I am looking for some documentation on using an image as a link to a
> document/download. Over the years, I have had the image include the file
> format logo (PDF, WORD, Power Point) as well as the file size, which has
> been the standard.
>
> I always code both the alt and the title in the code. I realize that some
> of this dates back (20 years of doing this now!!) to when people had to use
> dial up and needed to know the file size up front, but I also think
> it continues to be important as some people may be on a cellphone/wireless
> plan with limited data.
>
> I'm currently getting some push back on it and can't find anything that
> exactly addresses this scenario.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sharon Terzian
> Webmistress/Accessible Content
>
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