Re: Tidy Request

Michael Nahrath <subotnik@gmx.de> schrieb/wrote:
> alt=""  _is_ the correct alternate-text for an img that is only
> presentational.

And how is tidy supposed to know that it is? In most cases, the author  
just did not care about alt text.

> If the Image is a spacer  alt=" "  may be more adequate, if
> it is a dot maybe  alt="*"  is better.

No, in this case it would be <li> instead of <img ...>.

> It _is_ important to make meaningless images unseen in a text-only browser,
> otherwise it would show an  [image] or [spacer.gif] for each spacer.
>
> And: <img ...> without alt is not valid html 4.0.

Well, tidy can't correct all errors; especially errors where mandatory  
information is missing.

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Received on Friday, 1 October 1999 10:55:31 UTC