Do not strip 'alt' attribute when pasting images from the web

A lot of images on the web come with an ‘alt’ attribute, that specifies an alternate text in case the image cannot be displayed; this attribute gets lost upon pasting into Anki.

I think it would be quite useful if it was kept instead.

e.g.

  • it would be helpful when media synchronization upon multiple devices is yet to be completed or encountered some errors
  • it often contains infos about the image source
  • it would add some keywords to the image, which could then be used when searching the browser

Also, the ‘alt’ attribute usually comprises just a few words, so, as far as I understand, it should not ‘weigh’ much on disk space, memory etc.

I’ll make this change in the next beta; hopefully people don’t prefer it the old way.

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