On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 cpt.kirk at 1tree.net wrote: > As for sending a picture of text, that is done too much for many reasons. > Not only does it cause problems for screen readers, it is also a bandwidth > waste. I also think that those writting books, and programs to creat HTML > should make alt text more prevelant then they do. It is so simple to add > that there is no excuse for it not to be employed. Then again, that is one > more symptom of the laziness that drives many to include a picture of text > in the first place. They are too lazy to work on their design. > I agree for the most part, although I don't like seeing text descriptions for spacer gifs (alt="" would probably be better for them). But then are spacer gifs really necessary? I don't really know one way or the other.
