[whatwg] Definition of alt= attribute

[Henri Sivonen]

On Jan 24, 2006, at 13:06, dolphinling wrote:

> File -> Save
>
> "If you save this page as is, it will be non-valid for the  
> following reasons:
>
>     You did not specify alternate text for one or more images.
>
> The page will display properly, but will be less accessible to some  
> users and will fail automated validation tests.
>
> [Fix errors]  [Save anyway]"

mpt is going to be thrilled. :-)

> ...The point being that that would only be a problem to authoring  
> tools that didn't do something about it--and frankly, I'd expect an  
> authoring tool to give a dialog like that anyway, even if they  
> weren't concerned about market share.

I don't. And I

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