[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3744: required attribute "alt" not specified.

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#3744: required attribute "alt" not specified.
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 Reporter:  awallin       |        Owner:  cpoteet    
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  reopened   
 Priority:  high          |    Milestone:  2.3 (trunk)
Component:  TinyMCE       |      Version:  2.1        
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:             
 Keywords:  dev-feedback  |  
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Comment (by markjaquith):

 Reluctant +1

 The point of the blank {{{alt=""}}} is to designate images that don't need
 alternative representation.  Usually that means background images or
 images used to break up content.  {{{alt=""}}} shouldn't act as a crutch
 for people who are too lazy to provide an alternative representation for
 their images.  By doing this for them, we're validating their laziness by
 hiding the symptom.  That said, WordPress should publish valid code out of
 the box.  Let the accessibility validators ding them for all the blank
 {{{alt=""}}}

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