[WEB4LIB] 'Alt' tag question

[Andrew Stevens]

RW> I seem to recall W3C mentioning somewhere that graphics used for
RW> positional reasons only (e.g. 'spacer.gif') should be assigned
RW> an 'alt' attribute like the following:
RW>   alt=""
  
RW> This allows HTML code to validate properly, and supposedly
RW> increases page accessibility for those visually-challenged
RW> persons who use 'screen-readers' and other similar tools.

RW> Can anyone confirm or deny whether this is accurate?


Yes, alt="" is what they recommend for images used for page
formatting.

<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#adef-alt>