Re: [orca-list] firefox: orca ignore image link without name in navigation mode

[Jérémy Prego <jeremy pregonetwork net>]

hi,

I do not know that it is the right answer, but I confess that I like to
know if I can click on an image to download a pdf document, for example.
so, may be an option, history has shown that everyone is happy ?

I also opened this thread to talk about it

thanks,

Jerem
Le 12/06/2020 à 14:54, Joanmarie Diggs a écrit :
> Hey Jerem.
>
> This is a tricky problem. When Orca doesn't ignore those images,
> people complain it's a bug because of the expectation that images for
> which the author explicitly sets the alt attribute to null or an empty
> string need to be skipped. It's even a WCAG technique.
>
> So in response to such complaints, I "fixed" Orca. But by "fixing"
> Orca to do what some people expect, I introduced problems for web
> pages which don't use the WCAG technique correctly.
>
> So what's the right answer?
> --joanie
>
>
> On 6/12/20 01:04, Jérémy Prego via orca-list wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > firefox 52.9.0esr and 69.0 esr
> > chromium dev
> >
> > since the commit 691f4607d5892932cfdfa9202d262c10c35b3dd5 (    Don't
> > present image children of links if the image lacks an explicit name), in
> > browse mode, orca ignores the link of the image that have no label when
> > I use firefox. I can go on the link with the tab key, but if I don't
> > know that a picture without a name is present on the page, I think that
> > there is a missing information.
> >
> > however,, with chromium, I have the link in the navigation mode. orca
> > only says "link", but at least I can see it and click it, without having
> > to pass by the tab key.
> >
> > example of a message with a link:
> > https://lafibre.info/bistro-sujet-libre/frais-de-tenue-de-compte/msg767823/#msg767823
> >
> >
> > the link is located just after: "(cliquez sur la miniature ci-dessous -
> > le document est au format PDF)".
> >
> > thanks for the correction if possible !
> >
> > Jerem
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