- From: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:49:49 +1300
On 19 Jan, 2006, at 1:53 AM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: >> >> I can think of no reason for <input alt= to exist > > <input type="image" alt="Go" src="go.png"/> Ah, of course, I had forgotten about <input type="image">. It would have been more obvious to make alt= compulsory where type="image", and prohibited otherwise. >> (<form alt= would make slightly more sense, for non-interactive UAs), > > Why would a form element need alternate content? > ... For non-interactive UAs, rather than non-graphical ones. * <form id="register" alt="To register by post, write to ..."> * <form id="search" alt=""> I'm not saying it's a *good* idea, just that it would have made more sense than allowing alt= for non-image <input>s. :-) -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/
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