improve ALT text field description
joachim - January 29, 2009 - 11:18
| Project: | ImageField |
| Version: | 5.x-2.2 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | closed |
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Description
The current description for the ALT text field is:
"Alternate text to be displayed if the image cannot be displayed."
This is misleading users who aren't familiar with how ALT text works.
One user on a site wrote:
"The image of [blah blah] cannot be displayed at the moment."
This is inappropriate for site visitors who use screen readers (and rather rude I think too!). It also looks a bit rubbish when the page is being loaded.
I'm not sure what to suggest that is better, but the "cannot" is inaccurate.
#1
Thanks I've updated it to:
Most people won't care about screen readers, but everyone will fill out their ALT text if it gets them some SEO. :)
#2
Hmm, well I think I was a little verbose. I shortened to:
And applied to the D6 version also.
#3
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.