- From: Melvin J Waller Jr (Joe) <wallerjm@www.ORST.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 04:02:42 -0700 (PDT)
- To: David Norris <kg9ae@geocities.com>
- cc: "Dominique.Archambault" <Dominique.Archambault@hall.snv.jussieu.fr>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
From what I've seen, using no alt gives undesired results but an alt="" produces a null (non-existent) return. The reader simply ignores the image. Joe On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, David Norris wrote: > My opinion is that if the image is not of enough significance for an > alternate text description, for whatever reason, then something like > 'alt=""' might be appropriate. I'm not sure how some user-agents would > interpret this. Perhaps the single space would be more friendly toward some > UAs. It will be interesting to see others' thoughts on that. > > ,David Norris > > World Wide Web - http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1652/ > Home Computer - http://illusionary.tzo.cc/ > Page via mail - 412039@pager.mirabilis.com > ICQ Universal Internet Number - 412039 > E-Mail - kg9ae@geocities.com > >
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