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Posted by mbstevens on 08/04/06 18:52
On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:25:25 +0100, David Dorward wrote:
> mbstevens wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:49:38 +0100, David Dorward wrote:
>>> But is it important in the context of the document?
>
>> I believe that if I were blind, I would want to know not only
>> what the company was, but that I was 'looking' at a logo.
>
> If I'm trying to find out about the new Rocket Skates from Acme Inc then I'd
> want to know that I was looking at Acme Inc's website - but why would I
> care that it was a logo conveying that information?
It would be significant to me.
I'm reminded of the scene in "Lost in
Translation" where a director spends a full minute describing to Bill
Murray exactly what he wants him to do. The translator then turns to
Murray and says "He says, turn and smile to camera."
If you're someone
who has never seen a company's logo, and who will never be able to see
it, it might be useful for the web author to give you a little extra
information. When looking at future pages relating to that company,
you can just see the word 'logo' toward the front of the description and
will remember what you read previously.
>
> Oh, and alt text is not "for the blind", it is there for any user or bot
> that can't interpret images with their client and physical situation.
Of course, of course.
Blind people are _one_ group that would depend on it.
>
> BTW, the longdesc attribute provides a facility for providing a description
> of an image.
....and it is arguable just how much additional text should cause
the move to a longdesc.
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