Re: HTML Action Item 54 - ...draft text for HTML 5 spec to require producers/authors to include @alt on img elements.

and further, title and alt serve two different purposes.

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From: "Joshue O Connor" <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
To: "James Graham" <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
Cc: "Steven Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>; "Maciej Stachowiak" 
<mjs@apple.com>; <public-html@w3.org>; "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>; 
<wai-liaison@w3.org>; "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>; "Chris Wilson" 
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Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: HTML Action Item 54 - ...draft text for HTML 5 spec to require 
producers/authors to include @alt on img elements.



James Graham wrote:
> Do typical ATs not support the title attribute for these cases? Maybe it
> would be more effective to get those products fixed rather than trying
> to overload alt to address this set of problems as well.

Yes support is patchy and could be improved, so that is a good point. It
is usually an either or scenario if both the @alt and @title are
present. Not ideal for users who have not clue about these things to go
rooting around in their user preferences (which is the case).

Josh