- From: Fitzgerald, Jimmie <Jimmie.Fitzgerald@jbosc.ksc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:11:20 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
But, is there a reason to use an empty alt tag of "" as opposed to simply omitting the alt tag alltogether? Jim Fitzgerald -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Burke [mailto:burke@ucla.edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:07 PM To: mpodd@iqnetcom.com; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: empty alt tags At 12:52 PM 8/15/01, Michelle Podd wrote: > >Hello, > >Can anyone tell me the purpose for using empty alt tags for >unessential > >images like spacer gifs? The basic idea is to avoid bombarding screen reader users (or other non-visual users) with extraneous information. If the items in a navigation bar have "This is an empty placeholder with no meaning" interspersed several times among the active links, the intelligibility can drop dramatically! Patrick
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