On 4/5/11 7:31 PM, Webb, KerryA wrote:

You say (on that page):

        The alt attribute is mandatory, not just "good practice".

It's not, you know.  For decorative images, it's not even recommended.

via <http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#edef-IMG> --

  src         %URI;          #REQUIRED -- URI of image to embed --
  alt         %Text;         #REQUIRED -- short description --

Learning to read the specs should be encouraged, I'd say.

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