On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 10:08:22PM -0600, Vidiot wrote:
: ><a href="http://www.redhat.com/" title="The RedHat Linux Site">Click</a>
:
: I'd have to try that, but 1) does the TITLE text display on the screen when
: the rodent is over the link and 2) that doesn't do any good when it is just
: an IMG tag and not a A tag.
Correct on both statements.
: I've used the ALT text to add an extra description for the image. It is
: not only for sighted people, but for vision impaired it adds the extra
: description as to what the image is.
I know what the ALT text is for. It's use is defined below. It's used
by browsers that cannot or do not display images. Obviously, someone who
is vision impaired will be browsing with images off, or will be using a
special browser that doesn't bother with images.
: > alt = text [CS]
: > For user agents that cannot display images, forms, or applets,
: > this attribute specifies alternate text. The language of the
: > alternate text is specified by the lang attribute.
:
: Now I have to redo all of the work that I have done. It does not make me
: very happy at all.
Unfortunately, that's what happens when you go with what the browser
vendor "supports", versus the defined industry standards..
: >: If there isn't an option, then I guess I'll have to turn in a request to
: >: turn that feature back on.
: >
: >I highly doubt they will, since the title attribute of the <a> tag is
: >part of the HTML 4.01 as well as XHTML 1.0 standards. Gecko seems to
: >be very rigid in its support of HTML 4.
:
: I wasn't talking about the TITLE tag, but the ALT tag. The specification
: for the ALT text does NOT preclude the broswer from displaying that text.
I'm talking about the same thing as you. Re-read the ALT specification
above. In the scenario you're describing (a text based supplement to an
image), the specification DOES preclude the browser from displaying that
text.
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