Re: [WSG] Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5

2007-08-31 Thread Designer
Vlad Alexander (XStandard) wrote: I don't know what is a purely visual site. Can you please provide an example? Regards, -Vlad Hi Vlad, By that term I meant a site which has very little (if any) text. See www.kernowimages.co.uk for a (not perfect :-) example. The content of the site is

Re: [WSG] Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5

2007-08-31 Thread XStandard
Designer wrote: By that term [purely visual site] I meant a site which has very little (if any) text. Thank you for the example but I don't understand what is purely visual about this site. If the alt text for images was written correctly, a blind person using a screen reader or someone who

Re: [WSG] Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5

2007-08-31 Thread Designer
Vlad Alexander (XStandard) wrote: Designer wrote: By that term [purely visual site] I meant a site which has very little (if any) text. Thank you for the example but I don't understand what is purely visual about this site. If the alt text for images was written correctly, a blind person

Re: [WSG] Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5

2007-08-31 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Designer wrote: [...] there is such a thing as a site whose prime function is visual. The only 'information' in the site I mentioned is what something 'looks like'. If you can't see it, there is nothing you can do to help that. Sure you can. Being unable to see something doesn't mean