The behavior for alternative text population has changed in v10 and I think not for the better. In previous versions of BBEdit, if you didn't supply alt text, it would either not include it in the img tag, or generate a blank alt attribute if the "Insert blank ALT attribute" checkbox was ticked [1]
BBEdit 10's behavior is to insert the filename in the alt attribute if none is supplied. This is counterproductive and I fear will lead (some) authors into believing that is a good practice. In reality, Screenreaders (depending upon settings) will usually announce the file name if no alt attribute is supplied. Adding the filename serves no purpose. The W3's Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 [2] state: > Do not automatically generate equivalent alternatives. Do not reuse > previously authored alternatives without author confirmation, except > when the function is known with certainty. While I know it's impossible to make authors supply good alternative text, I think tools can nudge one way or another and I suspect the current behavior will nudge in the wrong direction. There were numerous discussion about this on the HTML5 working group. A couple of the relevant threads can be found here [3] [4]. TIA, -S [1] http://pangram.org/w3/bbedit-insert-image.png [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG10/#gl-prewritten-descs [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Apr/0518.html continues in may: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008May/0034.html [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008May/0000.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
