benschwarz
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12 years ago Thanks for your bug report!
It looks like you're talking about content, which isn't exactly what this repository or issue tracker covers; @Hixie, where is it best to log this information?
On 18/08/2012, at 9:29 PM, searchtree notifications@github.com wrote:
This was a total fluke catch...
I noted a rule I was unaware of earlier today while reading the w3c.org Editor's Draft of 'HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives,' July 2nd, 2012, specifying that the title attribute must Not be used to provide either alternative text or a caption for an image. Doing so effectively hides such text from users employing keyboard only and touch devices, for example, which is stated to be a 'willful violation of the HTML Living Standard.'
In the 'Embedded Content' section, 'The Image Element,' 'Alt,' it is noted that - if alternative text must be omitted because it is unavailable, one of several conditions must be met - particularly, ensuring the title attribute is present with a non-empty value. See "Images whose contents are not known". One example given is a blind man who posts a picture unaware of what it represents - which is similarly relevant to the basis for the note in the draft.
Either way - I think it's awesome that so much consideration is put into all of the documentation and standards. Here I am worrying about alt's & SEO... I would have never stopped to think of an implication like this. Thank you :).
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Hixie
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This was a total fluke catch...
I noted a rule I was unaware of earlier today while reading the w3c.org Editor's Draft of 'HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives,' July 2nd, 2012, specifying that the
titleattribute must Not be used to provide either alternative text or a caption for an image. Doing so effectively hides such text from users employing keyboard only and touch devices, for example, which is stated to be a 'willful violation of the HTML Living Standard.'In the 'Embedded Content' section, 'The Image Element,' 'Alt,' it is noted that - if alternative text must be omitted because it is unavailable, one of several conditions must be met - particularly, ensuring the
titleattribute is present with a non-empty value. See "Images whose contents are not known". One example given is a blind man who posts a picture unaware of what it represents - which is similarly relevant to the basis for the note in the draft.Either way - I think it's awesome that so much consideration is put into all of the documentation and standards. Here I am worrying about alt's & SEO... I would have never stopped to think of an implication like this. Thank you :).