- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 12:59:44 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org>, "Al Gilman" <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
> I believe that human consideration is always advisable for ALT="". You > can test for situations where it is definitely bad, but you can't test > automatically for where it is good. Very true. It is not clear to me that conditional testing for ALT="" inside A HREF will be very easy. I certainly have a hard time stating this rule simply. > It seems to be the small differences that generate the most heat. > This is one of those. On the surface, missing ALT, ALT="", and ALT=" " all seem very similar. It is the behavior of Lynx (as I outline with my previous post) that makes the distinction so important. > After much digging I found what I believe to be the clearest statement > of the conclusion that was reached on this topic in the GL group: > <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wai-gl-techniques-19980918.html#spacer-images> Yeah, but take a look at how this has evolved in the CURRENT version of the "Techniques"! http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS-19990505/#spacer-images >> ALT=" " is permissible as an alternative. It turns out that ALT=" " is NOT allowed! I am (more than) a little confused though, because the (depreciated) example then goes on to use ALT=" "! Is being suggested as a work around when ALT=" " is what is actually desired? (This is contrary to the earlier version which stressed that " " and " " were logically equivalent with regard to CDATA attribute values!)
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