diff --git a/ihtml/themes/breezy/framework.tpl b/ihtml/themes/breezy/framework.tpl
index 9234dbb91b87928eca5eaef963b12ed63ceb0d66..a23d0920f11b2081ecb55c8861e49236315ebc0f 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/breezy/framework.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/breezy/framework.tpl
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
   <form action="main.php{$plug}" name="mainform" id="mainform" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
     <div class="setup-header">
       <div id="header-left">
-        <img id="fd-logo" class="optional" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory"/>
+        <img id="fd-logo" class="optional" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory logo"/>
         <a class="maintitlebar" href="main.php?reset=1">
-          <img src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=go-home&amp;size=22" alt="Main"/>&nbsp;{t}Main{/t}
+          <img src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=go-home&amp;size=22" alt=""/>&nbsp;{t}Main{/t}
         </a>
         &nbsp;
         <a class="maintitlebar logout" href="index.php?signout=1">
-          <img src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=application-exit&amp;size=22" alt="Sign out"/>&nbsp;{t}Sign out{/t}
+          <img src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=application-exit&amp;size=22" alt=""/>&nbsp;{t}Sign out{/t}
         </a>
         <a class="plugtop">
-          <img src="{$headline_image|escape}" alt="{t}{$headline|escape}{/t}"/>{t}{$headline|escape}{/t}
+          <img src="{$headline_image|escape}" alt=""/>{t}{$headline|escape}{/t}
         </a>
       </div>
       <div id="header-right">
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/breezy/login.tpl b/ihtml/themes/breezy/login.tpl
index 6c7b5a13e632752483d567f8e5d9549aa9994549..4fc417281fa421dc3b0da53972397385fbd9f9b3 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/breezy/login.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/breezy/login.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 {$msg_dialogs}
   <div id="window-titlebar">
-    <img id="fd-logo" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory"/>
+    <img id="fd-logo" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory logo"/>
     <p>
       {t}Sign in{/t}
     </p>
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/actionmenu.tpl b/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/actionmenu.tpl
index 8d9d3f491154d7851c2c1f403208e713e8ee080e..c297dcb703d64229d49a829898ded9b64d625587 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/actionmenu.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/actionmenu.tpl
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
     <li id="actionmenu_{$entry.name|escape}" {if $entry.separator}style="border-top:1px solid #AAA"{/if}>
       {if isset($entry.actions)}
         <a href="#">
-          <img src="{$entry.icon|escape}" alt="{$entry.name|escape}"/>&nbsp;{$entry.label|escape}
+          <img src="{$entry.icon|escape}" alt=""/>&nbsp;{$entry.label|escape}
           &nbsp;<img src="images/forward-arrow.png" alt="forward arrow"/>
         </a>
         {menu data=$entry.actions level=$level+1}
       {elseif $entry.enabled}
         <a href="#" onClick="document.getElementById('actionmenu').value='{$entry.name|escape}';document.getElementById('exec_act').click();">
-          <img src="{$entry.icon|escape}" alt="{$entry.name|escape}">&nbsp;{$entry.label|escape}
+          <img src="{$entry.icon|escape}" alt=""/>&nbsp;{$entry.label|escape}
         </a>
       {else}
         <a>
-          <img src="{$entry.icon|escape}&amp;disabled=1" alt="{$entry.name|escape}">&nbsp;{$entry.label|escape}
+          <img src="{$entry.icon|escape}&amp;disabled=1" alt=""/>&nbsp;{$entry.label|escape}
         </a>
       {/if}
     </li>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <div style="display:none"><input type="submit" formnovalidate="formnovalidate" name="exec_act" id="exec_act" value=""/></div>
   <ul class="level1" id="root">
     <li>
-      <a href="#">{t}Actions{/t}&nbsp;<img class="center optional" src="images/down-arrow.png" alt="down arrow"/></a>
+      <a href="#">{t}Actions{/t}&nbsp;<img class="center optional" src="images/down-arrow.png" alt=""/></a>
       {menu data=$actions}
     </li>
   </ul>
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter-element.tpl b/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter-element.tpl
index 686a6edefc37abc91675d4a6c5b16c60512b1492..152e0c9fc4772781a42412718c29042f775847b5 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter-element.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter-element.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <input type="checkbox" id="{$key}" name="{$key}" value="1"
         {if ($input.checked)}checked="checked"{/if}/>
       {if isset($input.icon)}
-        <img src="{$input.icon|escape}" alt="{$key}"/>
+        <img src="{$input.icon|escape}" alt=""/>
       {else}
         <img src="images/empty.png" alt=""/>
       {/if}
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter.tpl b/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter.tpl
index 1991fa4648d9f664a0bc8229f1a79ef1bd67d74f..783b562b7937bd603ef505d00029b7538a326e86 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/breezy/management/filter.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <label for="{$key}">
       <input type="checkbox" id="{$key}" name="{$key}" value="1"
         {if ($type.show)}checked="checked"{/if}/>
-      <img src="{$type.infos.icon|escape}" alt="{$key}"/>
+      <img src="{$type.infos.icon|escape}" alt=""/>
       {$type.infos.name|escape}
     </label>
   {/foreach}
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <label for="filter_type_TEMPLATE">
       <input type="checkbox" id="filter_type_TEMPLATE" name="filter_type_TEMPLATE" value="1"
         {if ($TEMPLATES)}checked="checked"{/if}/>
-      <img src="geticon.php?context=devices&amp;icon=template&amp;size=16" alt="filter_type_TEMPLATE"/>
+      <img src="geticon.php?context=devices&amp;icon=template&amp;size=16" alt=""/>
       {t}Template{/t}
     </label>
   {/if}
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/breezy/recovery.tpl b/ihtml/themes/breezy/recovery.tpl
index 6a6ddd20c64da40c0ae13f87308991e598d102bd..5d5642498dbf3cc447267e169707b9168e5a3f1e 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/breezy/recovery.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/breezy/recovery.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <input type="hidden" name="CSRFtoken" value="{$CSRFtoken}"/>
 
   <div id="window-titlebar">
-    <img id="fd-logo" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory"/>
+    <img id="fd-logo" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory logo"/>
     <p>
       {t}Lost password{/t}
     </p>
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/legacy/recovery.tpl b/ihtml/themes/legacy/recovery.tpl
index 1f4da0945b3c225b7fc9a779f62d36ca4e2403d4..bf98737099555f7d6d513cf03ba722ad18adb2c7 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/legacy/recovery.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/legacy/recovery.tpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   <div id="window-titlebar">
     <p>
-      <img class="center" src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-password&amp;size=48" alt="{t}Password{/t}" title="{t}Password{/t}"/>
+      <img class="center" src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-password&amp;size=48" alt=""/>
       {t}Lost password{/t}
     </p>
   </div>
diff --git a/ihtml/themes/legacy/setup_header.tpl b/ihtml/themes/legacy/setup_header.tpl
index a6d59ef38015240decf84ec071a578434a8a92d9..849153c1d809e6e7b4971204d7bef650b5b3953a 100644
--- a/ihtml/themes/legacy/setup_header.tpl
+++ b/ihtml/themes/legacy/setup_header.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="setup-header">
   <div id="header-left">
-    <img id="fd-logo" class="optional" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory"/>
+    <img id="fd-logo" class="optional" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory logo"/>
   </div>
   <div id="header-right">
   </div>
diff --git a/include/class_baseSelector.inc b/include/class_baseSelector.inc
index f4311c2d9987d525a259b664d0ed60a73628ea8c..93ad86bcfcf2c624fb4e8c5951ba73a7068d672b 100644
--- a/include/class_baseSelector.inc
+++ b/include/class_baseSelector.inc
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class baseSelector
       $this->tree .= '<li><a'.$selected.' '.$link.' title="'.$base.'">'.
                     '<img class="center" '.
                     'src="'.htmlentities($config->department_info[$base]['img'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8').'" '.
-                    'alt="'.htmlentities($config->department_info[$base]['name'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8').'"/>&nbsp;'.
+                    'alt=""/>&nbsp;'.
                     $this->escape($config->department_info[$base]['name']).
                     (($config->department_info[$base]['description'] == '') ? '' : '&nbsp;<span class="informal">['.$this->escape($config->department_info[$base]['description']).']</span>').
                     '</a>';
diff --git a/include/class_listing.inc b/include/class_listing.inc
index 0db3db001043c6ac33106f27e52530e798f41ba8..732d987681afb6a73b204c17ea6f0db5f638c0f2 100644
--- a/include/class_listing.inc
+++ b/include/class_listing.inc
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ class listing
 
     /* Draw reload button, this button is enabled everytime */
     $result["RELOAD"] = "<input class='center optional' type='image' src='geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=view-refresh&amp;size=16' ".
-                       "title='"._("Reload list")."' name='REFRESH' alt='"._("Submit")."'>";
+                       "title='"._("Reload list")."' name='REFRESH' alt='"._("Reload list")."'>";
 
     return $result;
   }
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ class listing
     $result   = '<input type="hidden" name="act" id="actionmenu" value="">'.
                 '<div style="display:none"><input type="submit" formnovalidate="formnovalidate" name="exec_act" id="exec_act" value=""/></div>'.
                 '<ul class="level1" id="root"><li><a href="#">'._('Actions').
-                '&nbsp;<img class="center optional" src="images/down-arrow.png" alt="down arrow"/></a>';
+                '&nbsp;<img class="center optional" src="images/down-arrow.png" alt=""/></a>';
 
     // Build ul/li list
     $result .= $this->recurseActions($this->xmlData['actionmenu']['action']);
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ class listing
                   .'<a href="#" onClick="'
                     ."document.getElementById('actionmenu').value='$action';document.getElementById('exec_act').click();"
                   .'">'
-                  .'<img src="'.htmlentities($icon, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8').'" alt="'.$action.'" class="center">&nbsp;'.$name.'</a>'
+                  .'<img src="'.htmlentities($icon, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8').'" alt="" class="center"/>&nbsp;'.$name.'</a>'
                   .'</li>';
   }
 
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ class listing
         if (isset($action['label'])) {
           $img = "";
           if (isset($action['image'])) {
-            $img = "<img class='center' src='".htmlentities($action['image'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8')."' alt='".$action['label']."'/>&nbsp;";
+            $img = "<img class='center' src='".htmlentities($action['image'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8')."' alt=''/>&nbsp;";
           }
           $result .= "<li id='actionmenu_".strtolower($action['label'])."'$separator><a href='#'>$img"._($action['label'])."&nbsp;<img src='images/forward-arrow.png' alt='forward arrow'/></a>";
         }
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ class listing
       if ($this->copyPasteHandler->entries_queued()) {
         $result .= $this->renderActionMenuActionLink($separator, 'paste', _('Paste'), 'geticon.php?context=actions&icon=edit-paste&size=16');
       } else {
-        $result .= "<li$separator>".'<a href="#"><img src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=edit-paste&amp;size=16&amp;disabled=1" alt="paste" class="center">&nbsp;'._('Paste').'</a></li>';
+        $result .= "<li$separator>".'<a href="#"><img src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=edit-paste&amp;size=16&amp;disabled=1" alt="" class="center"/>&nbsp;'._('Paste').'</a></li>';
       }
     }
 
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ class listing
       if ($this->snapshotHandler->hasDeletedSnapshots($this->parent->getSnapshotBases())) {
         $result .= $this->renderActionMenuActionLink($separator, 'restore', _('Restore snapshots'), 'geticon.php?context=actions&icon=document-restore&size=16');
       } else {
-        $result .= "<li$separator><a href='#'><img src='geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=document-restore&amp;size=16&amp;disabled=1' alt='restore' class='center'>&nbsp;"._("Restore snapshots")."</a></li>";
+        $result .= "<li$separator><a href='#'><img src='geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=document-restore&amp;size=16&amp;disabled=1' alt='' class='center'>&nbsp;"._("Restore snapshots")."</a></li>";
       }
     }
 
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ class listing
     $result = "";
 
     // Draw entries
-    $result .= "<li$separator id='actionmenu_exportList'><a href='#'><img class='center' src='geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=document-export&amp;size=16' alt='export'>&nbsp;"._("Export list")."&nbsp;<img src='images/forward-arrow.png' alt='arrow'></a><ul class='level3'>";
+    $result .= "<li$separator id='actionmenu_exportList'><a href='#'><img class='center' src='geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=document-export&amp;size=16' alt=''>&nbsp;"._("Export list")."&nbsp;<img src='images/forward-arrow.png' alt='arrow'></a><ul class='level3'>";
 
     // Render export actions
     foreach ($this->exporters as $action => $exporter) {
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ class listing
       } else {
         $result .= '<img class="center"'.
                     ' src="geticon.php?context=actions&amp;icon=document-restore&amp;size=16&amp;disabled=1"'.
-                    ' alt="restore"/>';
+                    ' alt="'._('Restore snapshot').'"/>';
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/include/class_pluglist.inc b/include/class_pluglist.inc
index 1c65ea481ecd432d3739925ca9f7ef0ea59edc89..7e7d79dde20a836487500def31bbcc7f9a8369db 100644
--- a/include/class_pluglist.inc
+++ b/include/class_pluglist.inc
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class pluglist {
           }
 
           $entries  .= '<div class="iconmenu" id="menuitem_icon_'.$id.'" onClick=\'location.href="'.$href.'"\' title="'.$plDescription.'">';
-          $item     = '<div class="imgcontainer"><img src="'.$image.'" alt="'.$plHeadline.' icon"/></div><span>&nbsp;'.$plHeadline.'</span>';
+          $item     = '<div class="imgcontainer"><img src="'.$image.'" alt=""/></div><span>&nbsp;'.$plHeadline.'</span>';
           $entries  .= $item."</div>\n";
         }
 
diff --git a/include/functions.inc b/include/functions.inc
index 11d86370cb5e7a4b4afeb54a12c701401fe2a127..176e34ca0ce25ca3d17af86fd7524627b0c627ff 100644
--- a/include/functions.inc
+++ b/include/functions.inc
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ function DEBUG($level, $line, $function, $file, $data, $info = '')
   if (session::global_get('DEBUGLEVEL') & $level) {
     if ($first) {
       echo '<div id="debug-handling" class="notice">'.
-            '<img src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-information&amp;size=22" alt="info icon" style="vertical-align:middle;margin-right:.2em;"/>'.
+            '<img src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-information&amp;size=22" alt="Information" style="vertical-align:middle;margin-right:.2em;"/>'.
             'There is some debug output '.
             '<button onClick="javascript:$$(\'div.debug_div\').each(function (a) { a.toggle(); });">Toggle</button>'.
           '</div>';
diff --git a/include/simpleplugin/class_multiPlugin.inc b/include/simpleplugin/class_multiPlugin.inc
index 2a029e738ee8670f28d934f7faea43fca49667e4..74d358ade2c4043450b921d8aebe97cbc9153876 100644
--- a/include/simpleplugin/class_multiPlugin.inc
+++ b/include/simpleplugin/class_multiPlugin.inc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class multiPlugin extends simplePlugin
       }
       unset($plug);
       if (!$enabled) {
-        $display = '<img alt="" src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-error&amp;size=16" align="middle"/>&nbsp;<b>'.
+        $display = '<img alt="'._('Error').'" src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-error&amp;size=16" align="middle"/>&nbsp;<b>'.
                     msgPool::noValidExtension()."</b>";
         return $display;
       }
diff --git a/include/simpleplugin/class_simplePlugin.inc b/include/simpleplugin/class_simplePlugin.inc
index cdec82addf9ee88e38cf666cc8761e02767c6391..c7963b7b85c32693a49bbd7563d7237f10d5f2c4 100644
--- a/include/simpleplugin/class_simplePlugin.inc
+++ b/include/simpleplugin/class_simplePlugin.inc
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ class simplePlugin
         }
       } elseif (!$this->is_account) {
         $plInfo = pluglist::pluginInfos(get_class($this));
-        $this->header = '<img alt="" src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-error&amp;size=16" align="middle"/>&nbsp;<b>'.
+        $this->header = '<img alt="'._('Error').'" src="geticon.php?context=status&amp;icon=dialog-error&amp;size=16" align="middle"/>&nbsp;<b>'.
                         msgPool::noValidExtension($plInfo['plShortName'])."</b>";
         $this->displayPlugin = FALSE;
         return $this->header.$this->inheritanceDisplay();
@@ -835,8 +835,7 @@ class simplePlugin
       if (isset($sectionInfo['icon'])) {
         $legend = '<img '.
                   'src="'.htmlentities($sectionInfo['icon'], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8').'" '.
-                  'alt="section '.$sectionInfo['name'].' icon" '.
-                  'title="section '.$sectionInfo['name'].' icon" '.
+                  'alt="" '.
                   '/>'.$legend;
       }
       $smarty->assign("section", $legend);
diff --git a/setup/setup_frame.tpl b/setup/setup_frame.tpl
index a5b10331d72b0ce6227307df428feadf99dbd2d5..ba450cb00725335e0196c6703948a0f799b36a7a 100644
--- a/setup/setup_frame.tpl
+++ b/setup/setup_frame.tpl
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
   <form action="setup.php" name="mainform" id="mainform" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
     <div class="setup-header">
       <div id="header-left">
-        <img id="fd-logo" class="optional" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory"/>
+        <img id="fd-logo" class="optional" src="geticon.php?context=applications&amp;icon=fusiondirectory&amp;size=48" alt="FusionDirectory logo"/>
         <a class="plugtop">
-          <img src="{$headline_image|escape}" alt="{t}{$headline}{/t}"/>{t}{$headline}{/t}
+          <img src="{$headline_image|escape}" alt=""/>{t}{$headline}{/t}
         </a>
       </div>
       <div id="header-right">