There was some recent feedback on the img alt attribute. I have quoted
some of it below. I haven't changed the spec: none of the points raised
were new information.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Markus Ernst wrote:
Am 01.08.2010 11:43 schrieb Tantek Çelik:
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Img_Alt
My
On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 11:58 +0200, Markus Ernst wrote:
Am 02.08.2010 20:54 schrieb Ashley Sheridan:
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 17:19 +0200, Markus Ernst wrote:
- search engines should generally ignore text in the alt attribute, but
evaluate the title attribute instead
Rationale:
Am 01.08.2010 11:43 schrieb Tantek Çelik:
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Img_Alt
I encourage fellow web authors to add opinions/comments.
My personal opinion on the alt attribute is that:
- it should only be used if the image is crucial for understanding the
content, or for navigation (such as
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 17:19 +0200, Markus Ernst wrote:
- search engines should generally ignore text in the alt attribute,
but
evaluate the title attribute instead
Rationale:
4.8.1.1.12 says: A corollary to this is that the alt attribute's
value
should never contain text that could
With acknowledgement of existing issues (e.g.
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/80 ) on the topic:
Summary: Please consider simplifying authoring guidance for the img
alt attribute, such as dropping the document is an e-mail and meta
generator cases.
More details provided on the wiki:
