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Re: somewhat silly question on alt tags.
From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Sep 5, 2015 3:31PM
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Hi Nancy,
Have a look at the advice on alt text in the HTML5 specification, it may be
helpful
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/embedded-content-0.html#alt
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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
On 5 September 2015 at 21:32, Nancy Johnson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'm curious for adding an alt if the image's purpose is to help focus
> the visual user and:
> - there is no link or button
> -does NOT convey any important information
> -nor it is a repetitive image
>
> Should this be an empty alt or should there be a description?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nancy
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