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RE: Null or empty ALT attribute?

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From: Glenda
Date: Jun 10, 2005 4:16PM

There always has to be an exception with this stuff, doesn't there? <grin>

Thanks Pix.

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


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Null or empty ALT attribute?


On 10/06/05, Glenda < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Thanks Paul,
>
> Sounds like NULL where ALT = quote quote is the current consensus. That
is
> all I needed to know. Just fact-checking for another article for the next
> AccessibleContent issue.

Some content management systems won't let you enter null alt text for
an image, forcing you to use empty instead.

pix
http://www.pixeldiva.co.uk




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