QUOTE(jwwicks @ 4 Nov, 2009 - 09:05 PM)
Hello,
When the image is the content you should use the image tag. If I have a gallery of images a user is free to turn off styling/css or print a page and the images will still show. When it is simply a styling element, background, rounded corners etc... use CSS
Jw
Agreed. When you disable the CSS, an image defined as a css background element is disabled as well. If it is content, it should be in-line (and always make sure to enter the 'alt' description under the image tag for accessibility purposes).
The only time you'd want to have content-related images as a background image is if you're using one of the various techniques to replace text (headers, etc.) with a decorative alternative. It would keep the users from being able to scale your site and adjust fonts, etc. for the headers that may break your design. The problem is none of the methods work flawlessly, they all have some impact on accessibility/seo/etc. So it should be used sparingly or not at all IMO.
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