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Bug 8186 - double captions just as bad as none for non-visual users


Summary:	double captions just as bad as none for non-visual users

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 368

Product:	MediaWiki
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Parser (Other open bugs)
Version:	1.7.x
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	Low minor (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

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Reported:	2006-12-07 17:54 UTC by Dan Jacobson
Modified:	2010-05-15 15:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Dan Jacobson 2006-12-07 17:54:00 UTC

Sorry to be a bore as this has surely been reported. Every page with
images has this problem:
$ w3m -dump http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_software|grep mascot
Tux, the Linux mascot.
Tux, the Linux mascot.

In the past we campaigned for alt="..." for readers who do not
download images. But now we get it twice instead of none. Just as bad.

Why not just have alt="Image:Tux.svg" instead of repeating the
caption?

Or do something fancy in stylesheets for visual users, and leave the
basics non-doubled for non-visual users.

This doubled caption effect of yours means that you do not pass even
the most basic of web accessibility tests! (others yes, but not the
most basic.)

Comment 1 Aryeh Gregor (not reading bugmail, please e-mail directly) 2006-12-07 22:37:03 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 368 ***

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