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Re: Null or empty ALT attribute?

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From: Jens Meiert
Date: Jun 10, 2005 3:44PM

> > Just checking current best practices: [...]

lol. Actually, null or empty or whatever "alt" attributes are a sign of bad
practice. Per se. Something's definitely going wrong if you stumble across
them *.

> They're two different things. Null is alt="". Empty is alt=" ". [...]

I cannot wait until there is no such discussion anymore. Ironically, nobody
will notice when to party.


* Wait a minute: In practice, transparent images are often use to count page
hits. This might be a strongheaded story.


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Jens Meiert
Information Architect

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