Quoting Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Maybe instead deprecate <img> for presentational images, leaving it only
for semantic images (with non-empty alt required).
Sounds like a good idea. We should probably also consider how
<object> fits into this, though. Can it completely replace <img>??? It
certainly has better support for fallback content.
<img> has one feature that <object> lacks: to automatically derive
its dimensions from the downloaded external content. In all other
means I should say that <object> looks like a decent replacement for
<img>.
<object> should do that too. See CSS 2.1 on replaced elements. <img> is just
easy to author, widely implemented and well supported and therefore it is in
the draft if I recall correctly. If backwards compatibility wasn't a concern I
would not see so many reasons to keep it either...
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Anne van Kesteren
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