Re: HTML Action Item 54 - ...draft text for HTML 5 spec to require producers/authors to include @alt on img elements.

John Foliot wrote:
> Lachlan Hunt wrote:
>> Optimising for edge cases is not a reasonable thing to do.
>>
> 
> Well then, making @alt optional in the edge case of Flickr or an inkblot
> test is then moot.  Those edge cases will remain non-conformant, and @alt as
> a mandatory requirement is a sealed deal, as optimising for edge cases is
> not a reasonable thing to do.

Flickr is hardly an edge case.

Andrew Sidwell

Received on Thursday, 22 May 2008 17:34:06 UTC