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Images complicate the accessible requirement.

>>postal+(OP)
True, it's still worth doing though. That's one of the reasons for alt, longdesc, and aria-describedby attributes.

>>bobaje+rc
What image formats will be support? Plain old 256 color uncompressed bitmaps?

Why leave an existing protocol and easy accessibility just for a few images.

>>postal+3f
I'm not sure I know how to explain it. Images just seem a basic part of content. I just don't think it's acceptable to have to open up an external application to view images in a document.

Any way I'm not against image galleries and video sites either. I just want control over how I consume those. If I want the page read to me it should be possible. If I want to consume it on a tiny 2x2" e-ink display that should be doable.