[thelist] Accessibility Question

[Ben Henick]

On Fri, 31 May 2002, Luther, Ron wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> Quick question on etiquette for alt text.
>
> My question is on the "proper" usage for graphical elements that have
> no contextual meaning - things that are just there to make the page look
> "pretty".

Always, always, ALWAYS assign a null string to the alt attr's for these
graphics.  If they have no value in a no-graphics environment, they should
be handled if at all possible like they don't exist.

> Is [alt=""] the best answer?

Yes.


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