- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:40:42 -0400 (EDT)
- To: "Fox, Jamie" <Jamie.Fox@USMint.Treas.Gov>
- cc: wai-ig list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
In principle either should be fine. In practice there are usability questions that can arise - some browsers give a tool tip for one but not the other, some screen readers try to add something for one but not the other, etc. There are several threads on this list discussing the same issue. cheers Charles McCN On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Fox, Jamie wrote: This may be a silly question but we've run multilple validators against our site. My question is with an alt tag for a blank, clear or empty image. Different validators give a different result. Should we use " " or "". For the non sited that is Quote Space Quote or Quote Quote. -Jamie -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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