- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:55:04 -0500 (EST)
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>
- cc: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>, Web Content Accessiblity Guidelines Mailing List <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
The idea was that authors should not rely on getting a space inserted between two things if they do something like text<img src="foo" alt=" ">runs on, because there is no guarantee that the space will be rendered. Charles On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: aloha, wendy! why is alt=" " (with a space between the quotes) to be discouraged, whilst alt="" (with no space between the quotes) is considered o.k. when used with the A element as a pseudo-OBJECT, as in: <A href="foo.html"><img alt="" src=...>prices</A> i also don't understand the contention that: quote authors shouldn't use " " since spaces are ignored by user agents. unquote
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