- From: Jim Byrne <j.byrne@gcal.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 09:27:35 +0000
- To: W3c_Access <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
on 30/1/02 10:45 pm, David Woolley at david@djwhome.demon.co.uk wrote: >> You are right the pictures are purely decorative. I am trying to get this >> right; are you saying that decorative graphics should not have descriptive > > He almost certainly means that. The common spacer.gif should certainly > have an empty alt text. There was a recent discussion about whether > other images are always noise. Noise images should have empty alt > attributes. David, I have no problem with spacer gifs - I can see the logic of an empty alt attribute. The images in question are photographs - of a decorative nature. > >> One of the problems I think about when adding alt tags to photos that are > > There are no alt tags in HTML, only alt attributes. A mere slip of the keyboard. All the best, Jim -- Jim Byrne Project Director, The Making Connections Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 OBA, 0141 331 3893 Everything you need to know about publishing accessible information on the Web. Services: Website Accessibility Audits, Accessible Web design, Accessible Website Management Training. The Making Connections Unit: http://www.mcu.org.uk/ Scottish Disability Information Mailing list: http://www.mcu.org.uk/mailinglists/
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