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Alt Tag [sic] Pedantry

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Feb 16, 2006 10:30AM


> On 2/16/06, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > > Someone else is bound to mention it if I don't: there's no such
> > > thing as an 'alt tag' :) There's an alt *attribute* of
> the img tag;
> > > no more, no less.
> >
> > You beat me to it!
> > Element: i.e. <img />
> > Attribute: i.e. alt=""
> > Tag: The element with its attributes
>
> I think that eventually someone needs to recognize that while
> semantic accuracy is important, actually adding alt text is
> more important than jumping on someone's ass for using slang.

Nobody was jumping on anyone else's ass. Although it was not exactly what
the OP was looking for, the clarification of the nomenclature was, at least
in my case, intended to *help* the OP.

I think helping people is more important than "jumping on someone's ass" for
trying to provide said help.

Karl L. Groves