Re: alt tags no with a twist

Someone said to David:
> "There are some images on the site which do not contain alt tags.  These
> are usually called either bd.gif or td.gif.  These are simple spacers used
> for page layout and should not have alt tags.  If they did, the page would
> pop up with little blank squares as your mouse moved over it on browsers
> like IE 4 or Navigator 4."

In my opinion, such spacers should never be used for page layout.

(Note that if they don't have alt tags, they show up as [IMAGE]
all over the place in lynx.)

--Kynn

Received on Tuesday, 18 August 1998 14:59:48 UTC