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Posted by Neredbojias on 04/16/07 03:56
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:40:40 GMT Leif K-Brooks scribed:
> Neredbojias wrote:
>> I kinda agree with you, notably on the 'alt=""' thing and stuff of a
>> similar nature. That's what _defaults_ are for.
>
> alt="" is very rarely a reasonable value. More often than not, when the
> alt attribute is omitted, there is a useful, non-empty value that the
> Web designer was simply too lazy to add. Having those cases flagged by
> the validator seems like a good idea.
Depends on the attitude you have. I host many pages that are basically
mini art galleries: selected images by a certain artist or under the
auspices of a particular theme. Now sure, I could alt each thumbnail with
various information such as pic title or description of the image, etc.
But it's still just a thumb, and for those who can't see the thumb, one
must presume he/she can't see the image-link, either, so why bother with a
description to something inaccessible? To put it in even simpler and more
general terms, I do not accept the universality of the necessity for alt
text and believe disclaimers are usually mere pedantry.
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Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.
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