Posted by asdf on 04/18/07 23:55

"Neredbojias" <neredbojias@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns991674E7D32E6nanopandaneredbojias@208.49.80.251...
> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:01:19 GMT dorayme scribed:
>
>> In article <Xns99158C8AD1DF2nanopandaneredbojias@208.49.80.251>,
>> Neredbojias <neredbojias@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> -Or when the image means nothing if you can't see it. Descriptions
>>> may be nice, but they shouldn't be obligatory.
>>
>> There is a nice Australian film called "Proof" about a blind
>> photographer. You need to see it and wise up. Film has already
>> helped you and will again. Don't worry, i won't send Office Bud
>> White around again, just go see the film. I am negotiating for
>> the rights of it and when i get them, I will be putting the film
>> out under a new name: "Alt Text"
>
> And just how would alt text help a blind person?
> Another mishap with some timber lately?
>
> --
> Neredbojias
> He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.

Fool. Screen reader technologies commonly used by the visually impaired
'read out' the alt text. This is why one should provide meaningful
descriptions of images in their alt tags. For the sake of 4 or 5 seconds
work, this is easy to do. If you can't be bothered so be it, but your code
will not pass many quality certifications and will make you look like a
'hobbyist' coder :)

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