Comments on: Optimising Alt Attributes http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-83 John Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:12:02 +0000 http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-83 Hi Thomas, thanks for commenting! You're completely right in what you're saying, I should have chosen my words a little more carefully. By description I meant a description of what the image is, but not describing the image itself, as you said! Hi Thomas, thanks for commenting! You’re completely right in what you’re saying, I should have chosen my words a little more carefully. By description I meant a description of what the image is, but not describing the image itself, as you said!

]]> By: Thomas Thomassen http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-82 Thomas Thomassen Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:53:20 +0000 http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-82 The alt attribute isn't for describing the image. It's to offer a text <em>alternative</em> to the image. Very important difference. Example; you have an yellow explanation icon at the beginning of a paragraph to indicate an important comment. The alt attribute shouldn't then describe how it looks like, "Yellow triangle with black explanation icon", it should say something like "Warning:", "Attention:" or similar. I'm posting this because I see it said so many times that alt="" is for describing, while it's not and I feel it's important to emphasize this difference. The alt attribute isn’t for describing the image. It’s to offer a text alternative to the image. Very important difference.

Example; you have an yellow explanation icon at the beginning of a paragraph to indicate an important comment. The alt attribute shouldn’t then describe how it looks like, “Yellow triangle with black explanation icon”, it should say something like “Warning:”, “Attention:” or similar.

I’m posting this because I see it said so many times that alt=”" is for describing, while it’s not and I feel it’s important to emphasize this difference.

]]> By: John http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-68 John Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:02:02 +0000 http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-68 Well spotted! thankyou! It does now :) Well spotted! thankyou!
It does now :)

]]> By: rominiek http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-67 rominiek Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:35:45 +0000 http://www.eggrage.co.uk/optimising-alt-attributes/#comment-67 the funny thing is that the picture posted with your story doesn't got an alt attribute the funny thing is that the picture posted with your story doesn’t got an alt attribute

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