ariofrio/vimium — comment on commit 2b0cefd0b9763eb0b33fd5e487ad9bdad7fd0ffa
File: vimiumFrontend.js line 950
By int3:

This seems like overkill -- couldn't we just check for the 'alt' attribute on img/area etc elements? I don't think we'll ever pass getTextInElement a text, CDATA, script, or style element.