# UI breaks when letter avatar images don't load

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [Dezembro 14, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674 "2015-12-14T05:40:04Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [Dezembro 15, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-breaks-when-letter-avatar-images-dont-load/36674/15 "2015-12-15T08:56:09Z")

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I am actually rolling this all back per:

> **[WebAIM: Alternative Text](https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/)**

See example 2:

> 

```plaintext
<p class="center captioned">
<img src="media/gw.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="157"><br>
<strong>George Washington</strong>
</p>

```

> In this case, the content of the image is presented within the surrounding content, so Option B (alt=“”) is the best choice.

I do not want screen readers reading “avatar” or “username” or anything there.

We provide the aria-label of “profile, messages, bookmarks and preferences” … this is accurate correct and non-redundant

“profile, messages, bookmarks and preferences … avatar” is just confusing … so sorry this patch is not going to land, alt text has to stay blank.

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