- From: T. V. Raman <raman@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 08:16:35 -0700
- To: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Cc: dd@w3.org, Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>, WAI Working Group <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
Hi Dave--
One simple extension/documentation of the alt tag would be to specify how
"decorative" images should be handled in non-image environments.
A large number of WWW pages use images for realizing visual effects that have
no semantic value (most users who can see would probably be equally happy to
nuke them)
--a prime example is "blank.gif"
for a background color or "line.gif" for a stylized line.
--
Best Regards,
--raman
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