Forum feature request: set Alt-text by default for all embedded images [SOLVED] - page 2.

The forum acts as a proxy for all embedded images. This is a privacy feature to disable tracking pixels, but it's also slow. I've seen threads where people replied without having seen the images, thus missing valuable information.

I only thought of using alt-text today, and this works. While the image is still loading, my post can show a message about it.

Example

Code:

[img alt=Image loading...]https://bitcoin.org/img/icons/logotop.svg[/img]

Shows

(press Shift-reload to see it in action)

My suggestion: is it possible to set this alt-text as a default for all embedded images?

Throbber test

Code:

[img]https://bitcoin.org/img/icons/logotop.svg[/img]

Shows

Update for (manual) further improvements to embedded images: if you set the exact image size, the post "reserves" the required space even before the image is loaded.
Example:

Code:

[img width=190 height=40 alt=Image loading...]https://bitcoin.org/img/icons/logotop.svg[/img]

Shows

(press Shift-reload to see it in action)

Topic: Forum feature request: set Alt-text by default for all embedded images [SOLVED] - page 2. (Read 697 times)