September 16, 2021
The title of this post might seem a little surprising. Isn't alternative text supposed to describe the image?
That's the concept that's drilled into us, and it's what most people think of when writing alt text. However, in some situations, it's actually wrong. One of those situations is when the image is serving as the visible content of a control, such as a link or button which does not also…
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