Webwork - 3:28 pm on Aug 28, 2008 (gmt 0)

It's really not that complex.

Either it's lawful to treat the visually impaired, who number in the millions, as if they don't exist OR a society can agree to make it the law that reasonable accommodations be taken to address their needs. Given the aging post-war baby boom population I don't see the issue of visual impairment becoming a "smaller issue".

How strange that anyone should rant or rail against an accommodation as simple as adding alt-image tags to an images as a reasonable accommodation to the blind or visually impaired.

Here's an idea: Let's unburden those who don't wish to go the extra (SEO friendly) step of adding alt-image text to photos, etc.

Let's code browsers such that browsers won't render images that are not associated with a verbal description of the image!

Problem solved!

And a better Web too!