Thank you for the update and link Patrick, that's good to know.
> It's an outdated piece of advice. Old screen readers did not cope with > empty alts, so alt="*" was suggested as a viable default: screen > readers apparently didn't read that out on normal settings. > > However, nowadays the suggested practice is the null alt, alt="" > > This issue no longer exists, so, as a > strong recommendation and not a requirement, we encourage sites to > switch to null or empty ALT text." > http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/ public_alttext.hcsp#P16_1774 > (halfway down, under "Layout images") -- XERT Communications email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: +61 2 4782 3104 mobile: 0438 017 416 http://www.xert.com.au/ web development : digital imaging : dvd production ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
