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		kalleboo on June 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Top validation errors But if they leave out alt="", then they won't validate. What are they supposed to do, force the user to enter text? Then you'll end up with alt="sldfjsjf".

olavk on June 20, 2012 [–]

No, it is correct according to the HTML5 spec to leave out the alt-attribute if there is no valid alternative text available.

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