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RE: Alt Tag [sic] Pedantry

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Feb 16, 2006 12:09PM


> If a web developer is going to dilligently add alt text [*]
> to her creations, I don't give a damn what slang term she
> wants to use.

You should when that term is misleading and confuses. If people building
web sites can't be bothered with understanding HTML, then we have bigger
problems. ;o)

> [*] I prefer the term "alt text" to "alt attribute", as there
> are actually many ways to add text alternatives in HTML, not
> just with a single attribute.

Then you're talking about two different things, which is fine.

> it's part of the reason that web accessibility activists come off as
crass nitpickers.

What you call crass nitpicking is what many call detail focused.

-Darrel