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In "HTML: The Markup Language" the current definition of alt reads: alt = any value The fallback content for the image. http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html-markup-20110525/img.html#img Per working group decision alt is not "fallback". The new definition reads: "The image given by the src attribute is the embedded content; the value of the alt attribute provides equivalent content for those who cannot process images or who have image loading disabled." http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12526 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Apr/0452.html http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/first_2_paragraphs_of_definition_of_img
Hi Laura, Thanks for the bug report. Now fixed in the source: http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/img.html#img.attrs.alt