Posted by William Tasso on 10/08/20 11:24

Writing in news:alt.www.webmaster,alt.html
From the safety of the Bell Sympatico cafeteria
GreyWyvern <spam@greywyvern.com> said:

> ...
> broken images with:
>
> +-----+
> |Image|
> +-----+
>
> ... rather than hiding them against my wishes. If I feel that the image
> is not worth even this bit of display, I can give it alt="" which allows
> the browser to assume with confidence that the image is not worth a
> textual representation of any kind.

One only has to take a look at the code spewed out by Amazon for its
affiliates - take a look at this page:
http://www.sea-ex.com/recreational1/aquariumreeffishbooks.htm with and
without images.

"cover" is worthless alt text serving only to provide an anchor point for
the affiliate link - which is duplicated immediately in the text.

alt text for the 'stars' is a little better, but would be improved with
context. The image is clearly identifiable as a synonym for a rating
system - the text displayed out of context carries no such visual clues -
"Rating: 4.5 out of 5." would be a better choice.

--
William Tasso

** Business as usual

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