Always add an empty alt attribute to every spacer or decorative image you use in your website, i.e. <img src=”spacer.gif” alt=””>.
If spacer or decorative images have no alt attributes, those browsing with images off, or with text browsers, will either see or hear the file name, or the text ‘[image]’, for each image lacking an alt attribute.…
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Working with non-profits, charities, voluntary and public sector organisations and social enterprises for over 20 years. Jim set up one of the worlds first website accessibility web agencies in the mid 1990s.