I believe the spec is trying to stigmatize old-times spacer images used
to layout other HTML elements, like
<img src="spacer.gif" width="100" height="1">
which are overly ugly and meaningless now that there's nothing you can't
layout by CSS.
-- G
Ingo Chao wrote, On 28/04/2010 13.31:
http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-img-element
"The img must not be used as a layout tool. In particular, img
elements should not be used to display transparent images, as they
rarely convey meaning and rarely add anything useful to the document."
An img with a given transparent image for src cuts an area of a sprite.
( = img as a layout tool to describe the displayed region of a CSS
background-image.)
Is this usage of the img element considered invalid (non-conforming)?
Thanks.
