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Posted by David Dorward on 08/04/06 21:19
mbstevens wrote:
> * It is a bad idea to try to guess an author's intention.
> Authors can intend a huge range of things.
> Their bosses can intend a huge range of things.
Who is trying to guess an author's intention? We're discussing the general
case of a webpage where the primary purpose is not to describe the logo,
but where a logo is used to indicate the publisher of the page.
> * The title of a logo is not necessarily "logo".
Alan suggested that it could be used to provide the optional additional
information. The title attribute is for "advisory information" not an
actual title.
> * It _is_ a good idea to try to guess what a visitor will want
> from a page. But an author should allow for a wide range
> of visitors. I explained to David why some blind persons
> might like to have the information that what they are 'looking'
> at is a logo.
As previously mentioned, the longdesc attribute provides a good method for
conveying a description of what an image looks like.
Also, the author should consider the primary purpose of a page and avoid
cluttering it up with large amounts of information that is irrelevant to
the majority of people who will see it. If you're helping 1% of users while
harming 99% then the trade off isn't very good.
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