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RE: Blank alt

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Oct 24, 2002 11:54AM

There is also logic involved. Alt="" (no space) is empty alt text, null alt
text, no information. That is what should be used for images that carry no
information.

Alt=" " (one space) is ... well one space. It is neither null nor empty. It
should never be used. If any tool complains about alt="" it is the tools
problem! The browser is not, in my opinion, dumb (in this case). It is
correctly displaying the alt text consisting of one space.

Jim
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