“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart”
― Helen Keller
Writing Great Alt Text: Emotion Matters
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#12> 15.4% "Jake Archibald" > 13.8% "Avatar" I declare those 29.2% unequivocally wrong. “Jake Archibald” is the worst option, completely useless as alt text, because the name “Jake Archibald” follows immediately afterwards. This is one of my pet peeves, avatars that have alt text of the name that immediately follows in normal text, especially in HTML emails where images are much more likely to not be rendered, and so yo…
Thank you. Blank alt text is a valid answer. Decorative image (i.e., images which effectively add no value to the content) should not be alt'ed.
Unfortunately, SEOs have led too many people to believe otherwise. As if some random BS (stock photo) image is going going to become some sort of beacon for quality traffic. This isn't going to change until Google uses its image interpreter to penalize alt'ed images that shouldn't be.
Re: Writing Great Alt Text: Emotion Matters
#13> 15.4% "Jake Archibald" > 13.8% "Avatar" I declare those 29.2% unequivocally wrong. “Jake Archibald” is the worst option, completely useless as alt text, because the name “Jake Archibald” follows immediately afterwards. This is one of my pet peeves, avatars that have alt text of the name that immediately follows in normal text, especially in HTML emails where images are much more likely to not be rendered, and so yo…
Thank you. Blank alt text is a valid answer. Decorative image (i.e., images which effectively add no value to the content) should not be alt'ed. Unfortunately, SEOs have led too many people to believe otherwise. As if some random BS (stock photo) image is going going to become some sort of beacon for quality traffic. This isn't going to change until Google uses its image interpreter to penalize alt'ed images that sho…
Do you have experience with screenreaders or are you arguing from a theoretical point? If this is from your personal experience, I will argue no further, if not:
If "for decoration" is a valid reason to add "unnecessary images" for the sighted, why shouldn't they have "decorative alt-texts" for those who cannot see? If it is not a valid reason, why are these images there in the first place?
Re: Writing Great Alt Text: Emotion Matters
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you. Blank alt text is a valid answer. Decorative image (i.e., images which effectively add no value to the content) should not be alt'ed. Unfortunately, SEOs have led too many people to believe otherwise. As if some random BS (stock photo) image is going going to become some sort of beacon for quality traffic. This isn't going to change until Google uses its image interpreter to penalize alt'ed images that sho…
Do you have experience with screenreaders or are you arguing from a theoretical point? If this is from your personal experience, I will argue no further, if not: If "for decoration" is a valid reason to add "unnecessary images" for the sighted, why shouldn't they have "decorative alt-texts" for those who cannot see? If it is not a valid reason, why are these images there in the first place?
I'm not arguing anything. It's in the spec / standard.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG3/2020/methods/decorative-imag...