Posted: 4/12/2010 1:02 AM
Post subject: Screenshot descriptions
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sgrunt
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The site has had the capability to display descriptions for screenshots (currently set to be displayed as alt text) for some time now, but up until recently a bug prevented descriptions from actually being entered for screenshots. I have now fixed that bug, although this obviously doesn't affect that no screenshot presently has a description of this nature. Do you think it would be useful for screenshots to have alt text for screenshots, both in general and in any specific cases you can think of? If so, what sort of description would you like to see for them? Discuss.
Posted: 4/12/2010 1:07 AM
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moozooh
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Since the description is bound to reflect the visual content of the shot, a brief witty remark or an insightful comment that has no place in the actual description would probably be best. Since only a few users will ever notice its presence, it definitely shouldn't contain anything significant. In other words, a completely optional opportunity to bring some easter-egg-type entertainment to the movie page.
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Posted: 4/12/2010 8:23 AM
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arflech
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and for less Easter-egg-style content, the title attribute can be used, because that one will always display as a tooltip
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Posted: 4/12/2010 3:05 PM
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Warp
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Maybe screenshots could have (optional) caption texts?