- From: Philip Taylor (Webmaster) <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:29:49 +0100
- To: Sander Tekelenburg <st@isoc.nl>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Sander Tekelenburg wrote: >> <li><a><img title="a butterfly" alt="an image of a butterfly"></a></li> >> >> That seems sort of pointlessly repetitive to me. > > Indeed. The text "an image of a butterfly" is complementary, not an > alternative. It can make sense for a title attribute but is useless as ALT > text. I am interested in this assertion. Suppose, instead, the ALT text read "Papilio xuthus : photographed resting on leaf of Phelloderldron amurensis; image taken using Zuiko macro lens at 4cm on Olympus OM4-Ti, f/16, 0,5 seconds, ISO 100 (ring flash); photograph taken 05:17 on Monday 18-Jun-2006, Kuril Island". Would that also be (in your opinion) "useless as ALT text", and if so, can you suggest what suitable ALT text might be ? Philip Taylor
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