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

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Apr 19, 2018 2:47AM

I'm with Glen on this one. The image sounds like it's decorative, in
which case I would expect to be able to glean enough info from the
headline and supporting text to decide whether I want to read the fill
story or not.

On 18/04/2018, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>