[css-psuedo] #alt-property was quietly removed. why?

I noticed the #alt-property was removed quietly sometime in the last couple months. Can someone point me to the reason why? There was ongoing discussion through mid-November in the following two threads, but nothing I can see definitively that would warrant removal. Are there any other places I should look for the reasoning?

Subject lines:
- please make sure pseudo-element "alt" property makes it into next ED
- How do you solve a problem like alt?

Since #alt-property been removed, what is the replacement solution for the original problems?

Problem 1:
  content: "\25BA"; /* No way to mark generated content as decorative (alt: ""). */

Problem 2:
  content: "\25BA"; /* No way to provide a localized alternative for generated icon fonts. */


Thanks for any answers you can provide,
James Craig


PS. Please keep me in the To: or Cc: of replies.

Received on Monday, 12 January 2015 20:34:43 UTC