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Re: Title attribute on images?

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From: Colleen Gratzer
Date: Feb 8, 2020 1:20PM

Thank you, Patrick.

Amazingly enough, I Googled that paragraph and found several other sites
saying the same thing verbatim, just parroting something they saw
elsewhere without researching it. :/


Colleen Gratzer
Certified Branding Expert + Accessibility Specialist, Gratzer Graphics LLC
https://gratzergraphics.com
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On 2/8/20 3:13 PM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 08/02/2020 20:12, Colleen Gratzer wrote:
>> I just came across a site (and then others I found searching for that
>> same text verbatim) that says:
>>
>> "According to W3C Accessibility Guidelines, for code to be considered
>> W3C-valid, it is important to include both image alt text and image
>> title text in the image for important images on the page."
>>
>> I have never heard this and cannot find anything supporting it. Which
>> is correct?
> It's rubbish.
>
> P