- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 18:35:24 -0500
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- CC: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Sorry to be sounding this drum beat again, but I agree with Al. For transparent spacer GIFs, " " is the most logical alt tag! I am a proponent of short ALT tags, but with the exception of stacked content-free images (and definately NOT counting the first one in such a series), I have yet to see an example where ALT="" was the best solution. Could we go so far as to say that ALT="" should ONLY be used for spacer images? Al Gilman wrote: > So far as I know I have not received answers to the questions raised in > > Re: minutes posted > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/1999OctDec/0021.html > > about this point. > > To recap in brief, > > What user agents ignore the space character in ALT=" "? What do they do? > > What access impairment is caused by the use of ALT=" " on a spacer > image used inline between otherwise un-separated text content? How should > one mark this up otherwise if not ALT=" "? > > Unless someone can answer those questions better, > I would like to dissent on points 1. and 2. > > Al
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