Re: Empty vs no alt attribute (was Re: Baby Steps or Backwards Steps?)

HI Josh and Sander,

On Aug 17, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Joshue O Connor wrote:

>
> Sander Tekelenburg wrote:
>> I cannot imagine how alt="unknown" could be useful to anyone.
>
> I am also at a loss to understand how this is useful. Is it expected
> that screen readers would read output "unknown" when they came across
> and image that used the attribute in this way?

I think Jason was trying to get at the same solution that  this  
proposal tackles:

<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Aug/0647.html>

We've discussed a bit further off-list, and he seemed to share the  
same goals.

Take care,
Rob

Received on Saturday, 18 August 2007 00:18:42 UTC