Re: testing the theory that required alt = bad

Steven Faulkner wrote:

> alt being required has been in the (X)HTML specs for some time (10 years?).
> If a random sample valid (X)HTML pages is assessed and the alt values are
> analysed, it could be discerned what number of images have incorrect uses of
> alt="" or alt="bogus" .
[...]
> any thoughts?
> 

This is exactly the kind of data that would be collected using the study I 
previously proposed.

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