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Re: Alt Tag [sic] Pedantry

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Feb 16, 2006 2:20PM

On 2/16/06, Tim Beadle < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> But you normally jump on anyone who doesn't do things in The Absolute
> Correct Way*, Kynn, so why stop at what we call alt attributes/text?
> Regards,
> Tim

I do what? You're making stuff up now, Tim, because you've decided you
lost this argument and are resorting to ad hominem attacks aimed at me
personally rather than at my argument.

> http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread.php?thread=2707&;id=8040#8040

The two disagreements aren't even remotely alike, save that apparently
you disagree with me. Do you need me to go through the logic of each
argument, slowly and carefully? Or are you merely saying "oh, well,
you had an opinion once, so you're wrong?" regardless of what the
issues involved are?

I mean, I'll gladly rehash that archived argument for you and explain
how it's nothing like using "alt tag" in a discussion among other web
developers, but I think it's obvious that you're grasping at straws
here.

Oh, and you're pissing me off, too, by making it personal instead of
about alt text.

--Kynn