RE: MSIE and D-links/LONGDESC

On Wed, 13 May 1998, Charles (Chuck) Oppermann wrote:

> Okay, but what's the point?  <smile> If you want to reserve more space for
> the image, use HEIGHT and WIDTH.  If you ask me, you're trying to take
> advantage of a bug in Netscape, which puts borders around images which are a
> link.  Is there something in the HTML 4.0 specification that says user
> agents should indicate when images are anchors?

CMCCN::
it is only when the images are off that I really care - if people are 
loading the images I assume they don't really need a LONGDESC. The border 
around images in general is something I find helpful - rather than guess 
which are links and which are just images, I can easily see (if I was 
tabbing around I suppose I could find out too, but as a visual user it 
isn't my normal way of doing it).

> Chuck:
> Your comment confused me:
> << I had written:
> In Netscape, the object is displayed at the correct size to fit in the alt
> text - this is much more friendly.
> >>
> Chuck:
> Friendlier than what?  What's the correct size of the object?  To me, it's
> the size of the object, which is really small.
> 
> Under IE4.01 with "Show Images" off and "Always Expand ALT Text" on, the
> entire ALT text of both images is shown.
CMCCN::
Aaah. A polite way of saying 'read the instructions you idiot'. Sorry 
folks - thanks Chuck. Everything is clearer to me now.

Charles McCathieNevile (feeling a bit sheepish)
better not associate my employer with this one