- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:26:43 -0500 (EST)
- To: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong@naw.org>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
further: microsoft was given the impression that alt text made good tooltips so implimented it in that fashion. On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, B.K. DeLong wrote: _My comments interspersed. _ _>From: A Microsoft Product Manager _>To: "'bkdelong@naw.org'" <bkdelong@naw.org> _>Subject: FW: ALT attributes default to filesize and filename _> _>There is no way for software to know that a magnifying glass is for _>searching. There is a way in the image properties dialog box to put _>whatever alt text you want in for an image. We have to pick a default. The _>benefit to having the file size over nothing is that users who have their _>browsers set to not download images will be able to see how big (read: how _>long it will take to download) each image on the page. _ _My question was why would they care what the image size is if they have _images turned off. Note she didn't address text-browsers or people using _screen readers. _-- _B.K. DeLong 360 Huntington Ave. _Director Suite 140CSC-305 _New England Chapter Boston, MA 02115 _World Organization (617) 247-3753 _of Webmasters _ _http://www.world-webmasters.org _bkdelong@naw.org _ -- Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s touching the internet voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 poehlman@clark.net ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman Dynamic solutions Inc. Best of service for your Small Business network Needs Http://www.dnsolutions.com
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