On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 18:05:30 +0600, Anne van Kesteren
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That is because the "title" attribute is not important for the element
its
_contents_. Without the "alt" attribute <img> becomes meaningless for
devices
(and people) who can not interpreted images. Now I guess that in some
way no
"alt" could have been designed to mean that there is no alternative
content,
but that's not how it is. I believe UAs are free to make up alternate
content
in such situations. By for example trying to get information from the
file
name...
This sounds reasonable. I guess I should change my statement:
The alt attrubute should be made optional, and when it's omitted, the UA
should try to obtain some useful information from the file name or by
other means.
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