- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 18:46:44 -0500
- To: cottier@fox.nstn.ca, www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 02:57 PM 23/01/98 -0800, Francis Cottier wrote: >AS someone who runs my browser with images off the IMG ALT can tell me >two things : > >1) The name of the image to see if it could be of interest or is it just >a decorative ornament ? The browser already knows the name of the image. Repeating this information in the ALT attribute is a waste of an otherwise good attribute. It's also not nearly as useful as a textual description (TITLE) or textual replacement (ALT). A decorative ornament should have empty ALT text, possibly with a descriptive TITLE. >2) Its filesize to see if it's worth waiting for. Again, this is something that the browser should do for you if you're concerned about it. But using ALT="wdglogo.gif (8 kB)" is harmful to the users most dependent on good ALT text--the search engines, the blind, and Lynx users. >If I don't know this, then I usually don't even bother downloading them. ALT text should not indicate if an image is worth downloading; it should replace the image. The TITLE attribute should be used to give the description you seek. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBNMkr4w/JhtXygIx1AQECsAL/SpcPh2SL/Cbq8fV6Bcqn3W0Wi4UK8l7i nlBsAk1Ififx4+EhfjtYxZKsan+/2LGYXZwjEX5OHYwy6KVAjIBR5yN+1w4ClPEW XDkE75UBPdrOKCnLkgB/H62DiRBKy0JT =pnef -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Liam Quinn Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/
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