> So shall we get rid of IMG element altogether?

now, there's an idea ;)
get rid of <object> too whilst we're about it! :D
[... starts e-mail to w3c ...]

seriously: your page (http://decaffeinated.org/archives/2005/09/27/logo)
does provide an example of use of <img /> which can't really be argued with:
the subject of the content is a primarily visual phenomena and you insert
images which are examples of this ... an image gallery would be a more
generic example.

However, _the_ logo which is used for identifying a website: is it more
important that it, (a), successfully identifies the site/company name to all
users? Or, (b), that that it appears as a graphical element in the design?

If you want (a), you could still quite reasonably use Patrick's h1+img
suggestion, but you might also want to consider just using text and
replacing it.

If you want (b), then you have to use an image for practical reasons.

> Company's name is text, logo is more. Sure it must degrade to the text in
non > visual environment, but it does not hurt to provide richer experience
in not > so limited browsers?

you're right - I have agreed with this point already. The question is this:
isn't that "richer experience" more a matter of style, rather than content?
(In which case it surely belongs in a stylesheet?)

C

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