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Re:Top validation errors by olavk on Saturday June 16, 2012 @04:22PM (#4121507)
If a content provider don't care about accessibility, why would they care about validation? They can leave out the alt-attribute whether it is required by the spec or not.
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Re:Top validation errors by kalleboo on Sunday June 17, 2012 @06:27PM (#4124018)
Because they're all using wordpress/blogger/etc which put it in for them.
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Re:Top validation errors by olavk on Monday June 18, 2012 @09:24AM (#4126268)
If the developers lets these tools insert `alt=""` per default with all images, then they are not in compliance with the spec.
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Re:Top validation errors by kalleboo on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @07:42AM (#4131267)
But if they leave out alt="", then they won't validate. What are they supposed to do, force the user to enter text? Then you'll end up with alt="sldfjsjf".
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Re:Top validation errors by olavk on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @07:54AM (#4136541)
No, it is correct according to the HTML5 spec to leave out the alt-attribute if there is no valid alternative text available.
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