205979 - "Load Images" option equates to "display: none;" if unchecked

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 202904

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Andy Holmes]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030516 Mozilla Firebird/0.6

In Options -> General there is a option "Load Images" which when unchecked does
not load images (as to be expected), however its effect is equivalent to setting:

img { display: none; }

which causes the alternate text (<img alt="foobar"...>) to be hidden as well
when it should display the alternate text.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Uncheck "Load Images" in Options -> General and accept changes
2. Visit abov URI or any webpage that has images with alternate text

Actual Results:  
Alternate text is not displayed

Expected Results:  
Alternate text should be displayed because failure to do so may hinder
understanding of web site, eg. <img src="menu.gif" alt="Menu">

Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 202904 ***

Comment 2

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

mass-verifying