Alastair Campbell
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:33:42 -0700
Lachlan Huntwrote: > the question that still remains is that if allowing the alt attribute to be > omitted when users don't provide any good text isn't the right solution, > then what is? What should the spec recommend to use in these cases?
The problem is differentiating between ignorant and intentional lack of text. At the moment a missing alt is generally an indicator of ignorance (not knowing or caring to add alternative). A null alt either means the author knew enough to not want to put an alternative in (e.g. decorative/spacer image), or it was automatically put in for them. > What should an authoring tool (like Dreamweaver) insert by default when > a user adds an image and immediately dismisses the alt text prompt? (It > currently omits the attribute unless the user explicitly selects > "<empty>" or types in some text.) I think that's been answered from an accessibility point of view: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-AUTOOLS/#check-no-default-alt -Alastair ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************