Re: What now ALT?

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Rimantas Liubertas (4 oct. 2007 - 07:07) :
> So you have alt="" and everyone is happy, but you don't use alt  
> attribute
> and you end up in court? "Common sense is not that common" indeed.

Please let not start a debate which is out of cope for public-html.  
In this news story, there are 2 levels at least.

* An evaluation of the accessibility level of a commercial site.
* A legal ruling about a site with insufficient accessibility.

A technical specification is  a set of technological requirements  
providing functionalities including accessibility features *whatever  
they are*.
The Court ruling doesn't  say what techniques must be used, but that  
the Web site must be accessible.

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