- From: david poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:42:42 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "Elizabeth J. Pyatt" <ejp10@psu.edu>
the below is issentially correct. Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth J. Pyatt" <ejp10@psu.edu> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: Re: Layout versus data tables proposal for null summary attribute I thought one of the purposes of the empty alt="" or alt=" " was to provide a dummy tag so the screen reader didn't keep announcing IMAGE all the time. If this is incorrect, then somebody please correct me. I agree that other empty tags (e.g. summary="") are probably redundant. Thanks Elizabeth -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D. Instructional Designer Education Technology Services, TLT/ITS Penn State University ejp10@psu.edu, (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office) 210 Rider Building II 227 W. Beaver Avenue State College, PA 16801-4819 http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu http://tlt.psu.edu
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