[LINK] eCensus web page design

[Roger Clarke]

At 9:26 +1000 4/8/06, Tom Worthington wrote:
>The other image on the page is a photograph of a census collector. 
>This has the ALT text "Census Collector", which is accurate but 
>irrelevant. The photo is only decorative and would be better with an 
>empty ALT tag to indicate it conveys no useful information.

<Null> means ... well ... null, i.e. 'infer from this at your peril'.

Better would be some designated standard, such that assistive 
technology will be able to differentiate irrelevant elements from 
undescribed elements.

I suggest the reserved term / meta-symbol 'Eye Candy'.  (:-)}

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