Re: The alt="" attribute

Ian Hickson wrote:

 >> I see no problem with providing ALT text for any of these ("The new
 >> lecture theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London (UK), seen from
 >> outside the Computer Centre, 10:20 on Sunday 24th February 2008"; "A
 >> graphical image of the Julia set for f_c, c=(φ−2)+(φ−1), i
 >> =-0.4+0.6i"; "The northbound carriageway at 1767 Sacramento Street,
 >> Albuquerque, New Mexico : 12:47 on Thursday 14th April 2007").
 >
 > Those are captions, not replacement text. They'd make horrible
 > replacement text.

I would be interested in the views of those dependent
on AT as to whether these are suitable for ALT text
or not.

Philip TAYLOR