- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:31:19 +0000 (GMT)
- To: www-svg@w3.org
> > alt is used to describe an image. alt is used to *replace* an image. That's particularly significant on commercial sites, because it is quite rare for an image to be there for (just) its literal content, which is what a description will give you. Commercial site images tend to be for: - layout (maybe no alt text); - branding (may be impossible to convey this with just alt); - to make an association with the product that cannot be objectively justified, so would be illegal if done in words. Where there is no hidden sub-text, alt should be what you would have put at that place in the page if images had not been possible, in the first place.
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