484029 - Missing image unable to detect

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 180622

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[L. Mohan Arun]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090318 Minefield/3.6a1pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20090318 Minefield/3.6a1pre

In this URL given
there seems to be a missing image with the alt text "slash1".
Minefield 20090318 just shows "slash1" with no indication it is actually a missing image. IE7 shows the 'x" and border so it is clear the image is missing


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to URL
2. Find the "slash1" missing image
3. Mull about whether the display is usable


Expected Results:  
Show missing image like a missing image

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

That is the actual purpose of an ALT attribute (or one of its purposes) - if the image can't be retrieved, the ALT text will be shown. But some people (not all) want an image next to it, to mark the difference with a user that is surfing with images off.

Comment 2

[L. Mohan Arun]

This is not a good usability proposition, because then there is no way to differentiate between an image that is missing and an image that is not shown because images are turned off. If the image is missing and the alt text shows, it is indistinguishable from surrounding non-image text.

Comment 3

[Jo Hermans]

That's why this bug got duplicated to bug 180622.