- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:48:19 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Melinda Morris-Black <melinda@ink.org>
- cc: "WAI Interest Group (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
If you don't provide some knd of alt (text, or empty quotes) then you cannot create valid HTML for any version since 3.2 My preference is for empty quotes when there is nothing useful to say about the image (in terms of its function - if you want to add a title or longdesc, then feel free). Charles McCN On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Melinda Morris-Black wrote: I've heard two schools of thought on alt tagging images. I'd appreciate a definitive answer, if one exists on this issue. 1st school: Alt tag every image, no matter how insignificant. 2nd school: If the image is a spacer gif or decorate bullet-type element, use "" (empty quotes). I was told by a user of screen readers that hearing the description of redundant elements was annoying, so I'm seeking clarification. Additionally, how does Bobby or any of the verification applications handle the empty tags? Thanks to the list for answering these very basic questions. -- Regards, MELINDA MORRIS-BLACK Information Architect Information Networks of Kansas FON: (785) 296-5143 PCS: (785) 550-7345 FAX: (785) 296-5563 melinda@ink.org -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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