RE: Alternate content for invisible images

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.
> 
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