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PUBLIC MARKS from Monique with tags [en] & images

2012

HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives: developer edition

This document contains author conformance requirements for use of the alt attribute in HTML5 and best practice guidance for authors of HTML documents on providing text alternatives for images.

This specification is an extension to the HTML5 specification [HTML5]. All normative content in the HTML5 specification, unless specifically overridden by this specification, is intended to be the basis for this specification.

TinyPNG – Compress PNG images while preserving alpha transparency

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Advanced lossy compression for PNG images that preserves full alpha transparency.

2011

Make your images accessible | Yahoo! Accessibility Library

Images make web pages interesting. So let’s make them useful for everyone, not just those that can see them.

Five kinds of 'alt' text

What’s less commonly known is that there are five different classes of image used on web pages and each of those images requires a different approach to writing the ‘alt’ attribute.

Text alternatives for images: some examples « Writing for the Web

The same image may require a different text alternative when it plays a different role or is used in a different context.

2010

Photos as Web Content (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)

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Users pay close attention to photos and other images that contain relevant information but ignore fluffy pictures used to "jazz up" Web pages.

10 Pure CSS3 Image Galleries and Sliders - Speckyboy Design Magazine

There are hundreds upon hundreds of Javscript based image gallery/slider plugins and techniques you could choose from, all offering something different, all of them offer a whole lot of interactivity and most are relatively easy to use and install. So, the question is, why would you even consider a pure CSS alternative?

2009

Terrill Thompson: Long Descriptions of Images

One of the longest-running debates in all of web accessibility is how best to provide long descriptions of images on the web to people who are unable to see them