Or even <img src=11100 alt=3/5> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Mason Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:14 PM To: Simon Pieters Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [whatwg] ALT and equivalent representation
Simon Pieters wrote: > For instance it would be reasonable to use two images -- a filled star > and an unfilled star -- to represent a rating of something: > > <p>Rating: <img src=1><img src=1><img src=1><img src=0><img src=0></p> > > You'd want the text version to be: > > Rating: 3/5 There would probably be the argument for more literal interpretations (not that I would automatically subscribe to any of them as correct), such as Rating: (3 black stars in unicode) (2 white stars in unicode) Rating: *** (or 3 stars of some sort in unicode) (if the context of the page already established that ratings were on a scale of 5) > Hence: > > <p>Rating: <img src=1 alt=3/5><img src=1 alt><img src=1 alt><img > src=0 alt><img src=0 alt></p> Or <p>Rating: <img src=1 alt=★><img src=1 alt=★><img src=1 alt=★><img src=0 alt=☆><img src=0 alt=☆></p> <p>Rating: <img src=1 alt=*><img src=1 alt=*><img src=1 alt=*><img src=0 alt><img src=0 alt></p> -- Bill Mason Accessible Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://accessibleinter.net/