Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more.
Failing Elements
All the avatar images in the sidebar, and in the comments on the Permalink page. These should either have an alt attribute containing the user's name, or an empty alt attribute if we don't feel that repeating the user's name is valuable for screen readers.
Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more.
Failing Elements
All the avatar images in the sidebar, and in the comments on the Permalink page. These should either have an
altattribute containing the user's name, or an emptyaltattribute if we don't feel that repeating the user's name is valuable for screen readers.