Alt text for site skin previews
Dec. 7th, 2010 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
We're adding some previews when you're choosing a site skin, and I've been thinking about an appropriate level of information for the alt text.
The alt text mentions the colors, the orientation of the menus, and whether or not the menus use Javascript. Is there anything else that needs to be added, or is there any non-essential information that should be removed?
For reference, here is sample alt text for four of the site skins:
The alt text mentions the colors, the orientation of the menus, and whether or not the menus use Javascript. Is there anything else that needs to be added, or is there any non-essential information that should be removed?
For reference, here is sample alt text for four of the site skins:
- Celerity
- Olive and white with vertical non-Javascript menus
- Gradation Horizontal
- White on black with horizontal Javascript menus
- Gradation Vertical
- White on black with vertical non-Javascript menus
- Lynx
- Simple, bare skin with minimal decoration and navigation