[Bug 22794] Images with blank alt descriptions must be purely decorative according to spec

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22794

steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WORKSFORME

--- Comment #1 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
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Status: works for me
Change Description: no change
Rationale: The use of alt="" to mark images that are decorative is a long
standing accessibility technique. (example
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H67.html).

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