Re: Alternative text

Quoting Matt Lee <matt.lee@nhs.net>:

> Is there any information that is not set in stone regarding alternative
> text for images, (ie. alt attributes)?
>
> Currently, there seem to be a few different schools of thought on the
> subject:-

I think you've answered your own question to a certain extent: because  
there ISN'T anything set in stone (and there couldn't be), there are  
different schools of thought. Even asking different screen reader /  
text browser / etc users will usually get you different answers, more  
akin to personal preference. Personally, I tend to fall into the  
second camp: if it's something like a photo of a member of staff on a  
profile page, I'd treat it as visual fluff and put a null alt on it.  
Of course, it's a judgement call that needs to be carefully  
made...when is an image fluff and when does it start to become  
meaningful content?

P
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