- From: Alexey Feldgendler <alexey@feldgendler.ru>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:18:16 +0600
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:05:30 +0600, Anne van Kesteren <fora at annevankesteren.nl> wrote: > That is because the "title" attribute is not important for the element > its > _contents_. Without the "alt" attribute <img> becomes meaningless for > devices > (and people) who can not interpreted images. Now I guess that in some > way no > "alt" could have been designed to mean that there is no alternative > content, > but that's not how it is. I believe UAs are free to make up alternate > content > in such situations. By for example trying to get information from the > file > name... This sounds reasonable. I guess I should change my statement: The alt attrubute should be made optional, and when it's omitted, the UA should try to obtain some useful information from the file name or by other means. -- Opera M2 8.5 on Debian Linux 2.6.12-1-k7 * Origin: X-Man's Station [ICQ: 115226275] <alexey at feldgendler.ru>
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