Re: Image Galleries, Alt vs caption.

B.K. DeLong wrote:
<blockquote>
> I was thinking - is it overly redundant to have both an ALT attribute on 
> an image and a caption under the image? Most users will see the one 
> caption. But wouldn't a screenreader potentially read both? Is there a 
> valid way to associate a caption with an image? Is the table solution 
> more logical in this casE?
</blockquote>

I wrote a Perl/MySQL based image gallery system 18 months or so ago.  You can 
see some of the HTML it puts out here:
<http://new.coppervale.cx/stuff/gallery>

I know the code's a bit broken, but this may give you an idea.

Cheers

M

-- 
Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia
http://www.kbc.net.au

Received on Sunday, 5 December 2004 05:18:30 UTC