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This is one of those posts with tons of images whose alt text is just set to the literal string "alt text". Does anybody know where this phenomenon comes from?
by miki123211 3y ago
This is one of those posts with tons of images whose alt text is just set to the literal string "alt text".
Does anybody know where this phenomenon comes from? This isn't the first time I'm seeing this, and I don't know why anybody ever thought that it was a good idea.
- moogly 3y agoThe `alt` attribute is technically required for `img` tags, so if you run your HTML through a validator, or want to shut up IDE/editor warnings, you're going to have to add it. It can be an empty string though IIRC.
- bigDinosaur 3y agoAn empty string is supposed to signal that the image is entirely unnecessary to understand the content.
- carloslagoa 3y agoI copy pasted my <img> tags cause I had to 'remake' the blog and completely forgot to fill it in, if you are using accessibility functionality I am very sorry -- please allow me to update it briefly Have a nice weekend :)
- rtheunissen 3y agoMight be a CMS of some kind because I doubt anyone would purposefully type out "alt text".
- carloslagoa 3y agoSadly just me being dumb :')