Re: Questionable implementation of IMG ALT attribute as tooltips

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Liam Quinn wrote:

> Here, the meaning is redundant.  A speech browser, search engine, or Lynx 
> would render the above example as
> 
>          Warning: Warning: This must be
>          done by a qualified technician.
> 
> Oops.  Hopefully people now see why ALT="" would be more appropriate in 
> this case.  If the warning icon were moved in front of the text 
> "Warning:", then ALT="**" or something similar might be useful.
> 

Well, if you have an icon which means warning, you have to wonder
whether it's necessary to have the text "Warning:" in the text in
addition to the image. So if you just removed "Warning:" and left
"Warning:" as the ALT text for the image, it would make more sense.

This is a case where an image can actually be used in place of text, and
perfectly shows where ALT is really useful:

  <IMG src=triange.gif alt="Warning:"> This must be done by a ...

Bill Bereza  bereza@pobox.com  http://www.pobox.com/~bereza/

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Received on Saturday, 24 January 1998 14:46:44 UTC