The alt="" attribute from Ian Hickson. In case you were wondering how it all ended, Hixie has a mammoth summary post explaining the facts and the potential alternatives.
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The alt="" attribute from Ian Hickson. In case you were wondering how it all ended, Hixie has a mammoth summary post explaining the facts and the potential alternatives.
your'e jumping the gun a bit here, hickson's "final solution" is just the latest suggestion by the editor that the working group is to consider.
steve faulkner - 15th September 2008 13:49 - #
Steve is absolutely correct. The HTML5 Working Group has not made a decision on the alt issue yet. Issue 31 and Action 54 are in open status.
Laura - 15th September 2008 14:12 - #
Thanks for that; I've ammended this, it used to say "... and the final solution that went in to the spec".