WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Alt Tag [sic] Pedantry

for

From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Feb 16, 2006 2:10PM

On 2/16/06, Tim Beadle < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> And the problem *I* see in the acceptance of accessibility is the
> supercilious attitude of some members of the community, but - hey! -
> each to their own ...

And that's exactly what I was talking about -- the arrogant,
down-your-nose attitude that leads someone to stand up and cry, "no,
it's ALT ATTRIBUTE not ALT TAG you ignoramus!"

Are you agreeing with me here, or are you trying to call me
supercilious for defending the populist "alt tag" as acceptable slang?
I think you're trying for the latter, failing, and succeding at the
former.

--Kynn