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Re: Useful Alt Text?

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From: Keith Parks
Date: Jun 15, 2011 9:18AM


(Aargh... it is so hard to resist the urge to make oneself understood.... errr... resistance is failing...)

On Jun 15, 2011, at 6:45 AM, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:

> Yes Keith, Donald already mentioned alt="" would be best:

Yes, I realize that.

The reason I posted my comment was that as I read his post, then your post, then his response, I felt that a distinction had been lost between the proper alt value on the non-linked icon before the links, and the wording of the links themselves.

So when you said "Possibly try "More Info about blah blah blah".", and Mr. Evans agreed with you, I felt this could be interpreted to pertain to the alt text, and not the link text.

So I was just trying to put that distinction back into the conversation, so the original poster would understand the recommendation (that we all seem to agree on).

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