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Re: [EXTERNAL]Decorative image or not in a search listing?

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From: glen walker
Date: Apr 18, 2018 1:10PM

If the alt text in the original story ends up being the same text as the
headline, then you'd have duplicate information to skip over, which could
be annoying.

It's certainly personal preference but I normally choose to check the
headline or digest text to determine whether to read an article, and not an
image.


On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Tim Harshbarger <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> TO me, it seems like the image is being shown as part of the listing to
> help users decide if that is the story they want to click on. If that is
> the case, then the image seems like it would only be decorative if the
> image in the original story is decorative.
>
> I would think it would be better just to use whatever alt text was
> provided for that image in the original story.
>
>