testing versus expert opinion

Hi anne and mjs

<anne> also funny:
http://html4all.org/pipermail/list_html4all.org/2007-September/000267.html
<mjs_> yes, actual testing counts for more than the opinion of an official
expert
<mjs> the shocking secret is out

cite:http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/html-wg/20070911

Just wondered what testing was done before deciding to make the alt
attribute optional? Or was the decision based solely on expert opinion?
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Steve Faulkner
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