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Re: Decorative image or not in a search listing?

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From: glen walker
Date: Apr 18, 2018 12:03PM

I agree with your thought on not including it. If the image does not add
anything other than visual candy, it can be helpful to have a null alt so
that it doesn't clutter up the images that do have meaning. If I navigate
with the G key, or bring up the list of images with Ctrl+Ins+G, I wouldn't
want the "eye candy" images in that list (speaking as a personal
preference). I know I can bring up a list of links or headings to find the
articles. I don't need another way to navigate to them.

These thoughts are only relative to your specific example. There are cases
where I recommend having alt text on eye candy because it can be helpful or
enjoyable.

Glen

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Joe Allen-Black < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I'm having an internal debate on how to best guide the setup of alt text on
> a listing page. I would love the group's opinions.
>
> The page I am looking at is a listing of news articles. Each article has a
> headline, digest text, and then a lead image from the article. The
> headline and digest give proper information about what the article is
> about.
>
> I'm wondering about the need to include alt text with the image or go with
> an alt=""
>
> My thought to keep alt text is that it is content, so strong alt text would
> give more information to visitor.
>
> My thought for not including it is that the image is decorative in a way.
> It doesn't aid in understanding (even if the alt text was written well). In
> a way, it almost seems like more clutter for a person on a screenreader to
> get image information, then similar information the headline and digest.
>
> I've seen different approaches on different sites. Would love more
> feedback.
>
> Thanks!
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