Image replacement experiment

One of the problems with existing methods for CSS image replacement is that when a user is using a browser with CSS on but images off, the replaced element is not visible at all. There is a solution to that, but it implies using this sort of HTML:
<h1><span></span>Some text</h1>, which I find rather ugly.

Lately I've been playing around with generated content trying to find a solution that solves the above described problem, without the use of any extra markup. Obviously this won't work in IE6, not even 7, but apparently IE8 will support generated content, so why not give it a go? Read the full text...

Posted 080812, in: English, Web, CSS
Tags: css techniques, generated content, image replacement