Posted by Bergamot on 06/02/07 17:52

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.

> 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.

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Berg

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