Bug 769404

Summary: 508 Compliance, Text Equivalents for non-text elements.
Product: [JBoss] JBoss Operations Network Reporter: Mike Foley <mfoley>
Component: 508Assignee: RHQ Project Maintainer <rhq-maint>
Status: CLOSED EOL QA Contact: Mike Foley <mfoley>
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Priority: high    
Version: JON 3.1.0CC: hrupp
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Target Release: JON 4.0.0   
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508 Compliance Report -- 1st Pass none

Description Mike Foley 2011-12-20 18:28:34 UTC
Created attachment 548915 [details]
508 Compliance Report -- 1st Pass

Description of problem:  508 Compliance, Subpart B ยง 1194.22.
 A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via
"alt", "LongDesc", or in element content).

Non-text elements and graphics used to convey functionality and/or
information to the user must be accompanied by an appropriate alt or
longdesc attribute containing a meaningful description of the element
and/or its purpose.

The element description should focus on the purpose of the element and
not the appearance of the element itself.

Where an image is used for appearance of design-related purposes only
(in the case of padding or positioning), such images should be labeled
with a blank alt attribute.

Why this is important.
People using a screen reader, or other user agents such as a text based
console, need to have meaningful alternative text assigned to non-text
elements so that they can distinguish between important functional
elements and visual elements that are simply contributing to the
appearance of the page.

Specific instances of non-compliance:
1) login image
2) images in tree view
3) images on tab folders 
4) images used for favorites
5) images used 


See pages 10-16 of attachment

Comment 1 Mike Foley 2012-01-23 16:27:04 UTC
setting priority to medium per bz triage crouch, foley, loleary

Comment 2 Filip Brychta 2019-06-24 14:53:43 UTC
JBoss ON is coming to the end of its product life cycle. For more information regarding this transition, see https://access.redhat.com/articles/3827121.
This bug report/request is being closed. If you feel this issue should not be closed or requires further review, please create a new bug report against the latest supported JBoss ON 3.3 version.