Links and Images: <Short description of your suggestion>

[faisalmohamed]

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In the alt attribute section, there is a line that reads "Besides the src attribute, every image element must also have an alt (alternative text) attribute." While it is good practice to include alt attributes, the phrasing "must" indicates that there will be a syntax error if a user does not include this tag. I believe that the phrasing could be modified to indicate that alt tags should be used rather than must since technically there is going to be no error if they are not used. It may also be useful to indicate the benefits of using the alt tag, and emphasizing good practices and some of the issues that arise when not using them (e.g. screen readers reading the content of the img src, no text in place of the image if it fails to load etc.).

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Foundations

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https://www.theodinproject.com/lessons/foundations-links-and-images

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[JoshDevHub]

Hello @faisalmohamed and thank you for making this issue.

I think what you're proposing here is completely reasonable, but I would also try to keep the explanation of the why behind the alt attribute very brief (ie. don't put a full paragraph on web accessibility). We really want to be laser focused on the basics at this point in the curriculum. Hopefully that makes sense.

Since you indicated you'd like to work on this issue, I'll assign you. Let me know if you have any questions.

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