[Bug 22930] img with empty alt don't need to have own item

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22930

--- Comment #8 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> 
> > Hi alex, I don't mind merging the 2 always good to simplify. Note the HTML5
> > spec requires that an img with empty alt has a role=presentation [1] but
> > this requirement is at risk for CR as no browsers have implemented it. I am
> > unsure of the appropriateness of it anyway as the use of alt="" as a flag to
> > indicate an img should be ignored by AT is widely supported already and it
> > has the advantage of the img still being in the acc tree so AT could expose
> > to users via preference if desired.
> 
> Ok, how do we want to proceed for now? i.e. should we copy what HTML5 says
> or should we write down what the browsers do?

write down what browsers do in first instance

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Received on Saturday, 31 August 2013 12:31:57 UTC