> On Wed, 12 May 2004 15:06:46 -0400, Brian Foy wrote: > > I have seen before (perhaps ALA?) that if the image is decorative a > > simple "null" would surfice as an ALT tag.
Lea de Groot wrote: > Syntactivally, this should be implemented as: > <img src="thingy.jpg" width="nn" height="nn" alt=""> > ie, the alt attribute should be blank - a quoted string of no length. If you've ever listened to a screen reader, you'll know why this is recommended. They read from top to bottom, generally, and no one really wants to hear "blank spacer gif - Blue repeating border image with slight drop shadow - Blurry photograph of a pink seashell - Blank spacer gif". If it adds something to the content, put an alt tag on it, otherwise just put a blank one in. K. -- Kay Smoljak http://kay.smoljak.com P.S. Not that anyone here would use a spacer gif. It's just a good example. ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
