Posted by Neredbojias on 06/02/07 17:11

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:43:04 GMT Adrienne Boswell scribed:

> You leave the alt attribute blank if the image is for decoration. For
> example:
>
> <h1><img src="companylogo.png" alt="" height="100" width="200">Company
> Name</h1>
>
> or
>
> <h1><a href="index.php" title="Return to Company Index Page"><img
> src="companylogo.png" alt="" height="100" width="200">Company Name</a>
> </h1>
>
> vs
>
> <p><img src="rolo.png" alt="Our cat Rolo sitting at the window"
> height="100" width="100"> This picture of our Maine Coon, Rolo, was
> taken when we first got her. Rolo loves to sit at the window and wait
> for the birds, then she "sings" to them.</p>
>
> Notice 1 and 2 have no alt text because they are for decoration. The
> second example uses the title attribute to give the user a hint to the
> destination. The third example DOES use have alt text because it is
> NOT purely for decoration.

Being out-of-scope content-wise and being just "for decoration" are not the
same thing. I suggest both the first and second images could benefit from
alt text as well.

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Neredbojias
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