- From: Bailey, Bruce <Bruce.Bailey@ed.gov>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:02:50 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Michael said "why is " " not acceptable if " " is acceptable. My own personal prejudice is that alt=" " should only be allowed for spacer gifs aka shims. If used consistently in this fashion, such a technique conveys more information than alt="" since the latter, when discovered, leads to the question of the thought behind using the null attribute. Recommending CSS instead of alt=" " is not of much use since if the content developer is using shim gifs they are obviously a few years behind in their technical repertoire. I am not clear on what allowing the non-breaking space as the only character in the alt attribute is suppose to signify. I thought it was only an attempt to circumvent a real or perceived ban on using alt=" "? I agree with John that it should not satisfy the SC1.1.1 requirement about decorative non text content. But do we differentiate between the reasons for decorative non-text content? I agree with Andrew that it would be best to avoid mention of the unnecessary technique at all.
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