Re: "alt" attribute required by XHTML 1.0

No, because "" produces an empty (but displayed) tooltip in some browsers.
This is unacceptable.
Thank you for your reply.
 - Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip TAYLOR" <P.Taylor@rhul.ac.uk>
To: "Matt Brooks" <matt@mbjlp.com>
Cc: "www-html" <www-html@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: "alt" attribute required by XHTML 1.0


> Surely if ALT is not semantically required (e.g., for a spacer image),
> 'ALT=""' is a perfectly acceptable compromise, is it not?
>
> Philip Taylor, RHBNC
> --------
> Matt Brooks wrote:
> >
> > I was surprised to see that the ALT attribrute is required by the XHTML
1.0 Transitional DTD. I was going to use XHTML 1.0 Transitional in a web
development project, but have now changed my mind because the ALT attributes
are not needed on every image.
> >
> >  - Matt