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From: Dey Alexander
Date: Mon, Oct 06 2003 8:41AM
Subject: Blank alt attributes for images - best practise?
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What is the latest recommended practise for markup of blank alt
attributes for images? I've had conflicting advice of two sorts:
1. Use a space between the quotation marks (alt=" ") to prevent older
screenreaders reading out the file name
2. Don't use a space between the quotation marks (alt="") as it causes
other problems
What are your thoughts/experiences? Can anyone provide a list/partial
list of user agents that misbehave (along with the nature of the
misbehaviour) in either scenario 1 or 2?
Cheers,
Dey
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Dey Alexander
Usability Specialist, Web Resources and Development
IT Services Division, Monash University (Clayton)
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