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Re: [PATCHv7 9/9] gitweb: add alt text to avatar img

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 28, 2009, 15:43 UTC
Message-ID
<200906281743.55871.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1246104305-15191-10-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
On Sat, 27 June 2009, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> The alt text, set to the avatar provider (i.e. image type), is more
> friendly than the img url in some text-only browsers.
Signoff?
Acked-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Show 17 quoted lines
> ---
>  gitweb/gitweb.perl |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
> index e2638cb..dc6049a 100755
> --- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
> +++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
> @@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ sub git_get_avatar {
>  		       "<img width=\"$size\" " .
>  		            "class=\"avatar\" " .
>  		            "src=\"$url\" " .
> +			    "alt=\"$git_avatar\" " .
>  		       "/>" . $post_white;
>  	} else {
>  		return "";
> -- 

Bit of bikeshedding: "alt=\"\" " (empty alt text) would also be a good solution. This way text browser which do not display images wouldn't take limited horizontal space for alt text of extraneous avatar image.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 11 of 31 in “[PATCHv7 0/9] gitweb: avatar support”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  2. 1/9 gitweb: refactor author name insertionGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  3. 2/9 gitweb: uniform author info for commit and commitdiffGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  4. 3/9 gitweb: use git_print_authorship_rows in 'tag' view tooGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  5. 4/9 gitweb: right-align date cell in shortlogGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  6. 5/9 gitweb: (gr)avatar supportGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  7. 6/9 gitweb: gravatar url cacheGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  8. 7/9 gitweb: picon avatar providerGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  9. 8/9 gitweb: use picon for gravatar fallbackGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  10. 9/9 gitweb: add alt text to avatar imgGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 27, 2009
  11. Jakub NarebskiJun 28, 2009
  12. Giuseppe BilottaJun 28, 2009
  13. Jakub NarebskiJun 28, 2009
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 28, 2009
  15. Giuseppe BilottaJun 28, 2009
  16. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  17. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  18. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  19. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  20. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  21. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  22. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  23. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  24. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  25. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2009
  26. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  27. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  28. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  29. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  30. Jakub NarebskiJun 29, 2009
  31. Giuseppe BilottaJun 29, 2009

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