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Posted by dorayme on 06/02/07 23:26
In article <5cdp3iF30j253U1@mid.individual.net>,
Bergamot <bergamot@visi.com> wrote:
> dorayme wrote:
> > In article <Xns994362DA21634arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121>,
> > Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> You leave the alt attribute blank if the image is for decoration.
> >> <img src="companylogo.png" alt=""
> >
> > You can also leave it out altogether.
>
> You can leave any attribute out, but that doesn't make it a good practice.
>
It was not a general mindless practice I was talking about. I was
not saying its ok to leave out alt attributes out full stop. If
you are saying that it is good practice to use alt="", you have
given no argument at all.
> > What are the bad
> > consequences beyond failing validation because of it?
>
> Look at said page in Lynx or any graphical browser with image loading
> disabled and see for yourself.
This is what I would see if my suggestion were implemented:
1a. I want to know how much it's worth _Find out_
1b. I want to know whether it's OK to drink _Find out_
1c. Will it still taste good? _Find out_
And this is quite satisfactory given the unwise insistence on the
buttons in the first place.
Please do not make the point again about a pure links page. I
have replied about that and the above is not to be confused with
that issue.
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dorayme
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