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RE: Null or empty ALT attribute?

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From: Glenda
Date: Jun 10, 2005 3:50PM

Jens,

I am intrigued by your comment. Can you explain further why null/empty ALTs
are a bad practice?

Cheers,
Glenda

Glenda Watson Hyatt, Principal
Soaring Eagle Communications
Accessible websites. Accessible content. Accessible solutions.
www.webaccessibility.biz


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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of Jens Meiert
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Null or empty ALT attribute?


> > 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

http://meiert.com/




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