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Posted by kchayka on 11/18/13 11:30
sagejoshua wrote:
>
> I guess I
> don't quite understand the need for FIR... I used it under the
> assumption that I was making my pages more accessible.
It's a myth. Image Replacement is really only beneficial to search
engines. Some IR techniques might work out for screen readers, but at
the expense of those who browse with image loading disabled.
There is no IR technique that works for everyone, so the content still
ends up inaccessible to somebody. The only way around it is to disable
CSS altogether. But I doubt anyone would go to that much trouble. I know
I'd probably just leave the site.
> If that's not
> the case, then in your opinion, what is the best way to represent a
> header with an image? Just put the <img> in the <h> with no text and
> an alt tag?
Alt is an attribute, not a "tag". ;)
This really is the most accessible way to deal with it, assuming you use
appropriate alt text. The downside is search engines - some index alt
text only for image links, others not at all.
Plain text is the only thing that is truly accessible to everyone. Drop
the images altogether, if possible.
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