On Aug 16, 3:22 pm, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 16, 2011, at 12:59, steveax <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > Since an alt tag is REQUIRED it makes sense to supply one, else the code > BBEdit inserts for the image is syntactically invalid.
Not in HTML5, and in any case, inserting the filename is a particularly bad choice. From the latest HTML5 draft [1]: > 4.8.1.1.12 Guidance for markup generators > > Markup generators (such as WYSIWYG authoring tools) should, wherever > possible, obtain alternative text from their users. However, it is > recognized that in many cases, this will not be possible. > > For images that are the sole contents of links, markup generators should > examine the link target to determine the title of the target, or the URL > of the target, and use information obtained in this manner as the > alternative text. > > As a last resort, implementors should either set the alt attribute to > the empty string, under the assumption that the image is a purely > decorative image that doesn't add any information but is still specific > to the surrounding content, or omit the alt attribute altogether, under > the assumption that the image is a key part of the content. > > Markup generators should generally avoid using the image's own file name > as the alternative text. Similarly, markup generators should avoid > generating alternative text from any content that will be equally > available to presentation user agents (e.g. Web browsers). Many authors are unfamiliar with the spec and best practices. Tool defaults give implicit guidance. -S [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#guidance-for-markup-generators -- 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>
