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Re: [html] object does not support alt= attribute

From: Irene Vatton <Irene.Vatton@inrialpes.fr>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:59:00 +0200
To: ve3ll@rac.ca
Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
Message-Id: <200610250959.00703.vatton@inrialpes.fr>

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 02:35, ve3ll@rac.ca wrote:
> This is very important as Amaya does not implement any
> object linkages so it should allow use of the alt= atribute
> so that the user can be informed that the client browser
> is not displaying something. this is equivalent to
> <applet>Your browser does not support applets!</applet>
> which works well in amaya      john russell

Object doesn't have a alt= atribute but an alternate contents.

Amaya implements a set of object linkages (images, html, svg, mathml) and 
displays the alternate contents when it cannot display the object itself.
When you create an object with Amaya, an alternate text is required.

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     Irène.
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