- From: Geoffrey Sneddon <foolistbar@googlemail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:30:34 +0100
- To: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On 19 Jun 2007, at 10:53, Joshue O Connor wrote: > > Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> It leads to pointless alt="" on images that have no reasonable >> text equivalent, just to satisfy conformance checkers. > > Its not pointless as in reality using alt="" means that the image is > effectively ignored by the UA. This method is not used just to satisfy > conformance checkers, it has a practical application that is useful to > people with disabilities. Yes, but the majority of cases in the wild @alt="" is not used because the image is semantically devoid of meaning, but rather because the author hasn't given any alternative. - Geoffrey Sneddon
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