- From: Charles (Chuck) Oppermann <chuckop@MICROSOFT.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 14:21:12 -0800
- To: "'Colin F Reynolds'" <colin@the-net-effect.com>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
- Cc: Leonard Kasday <kasday@att.com>
The fact that Netscape Navigator doesn't display the ALT text when a image HEIGHT and WIDTH are too small is a limitation of Navigator. Text browsers and Internet Explorer (and it's derivatives) do not have this limitation. No guidelines should recommend to authors that they specify minimum HEIGHT= and WIDTH= attributes, since the radically affects page layout. -----Original Message----- From: Colin F Reynolds [mailto:colin@the-net-effect.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 4:43 AM To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Cc: Leonard Kasday Subject: ALT text survey In the "Requirements for New Pages" section specific recommendations are made for the pixel sizes of images in an (admirable) attempt to provide minimal legibility. When this page is viewed with the latest Netscape Navigator browser (4.04/Win95/1024*768 resolution) (with image loading turned off) _no_ ALT text is displayed on my system[1] for _any_ of these images, demonstrating the futility of such precise instructions when authoring content for the WWW.
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