- From: Ian Hickson <exxieh@bath.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 15:26:49 -0500 (EST)
- To: Mark <theplaypen@mail.geocities.com>, cottier@fox.nstn.ca, www-html@w3.org
>but one suggestion I have heard of is two make two >similar attribute to the <IMG> tag. One would be the 'alt' text >displayed when images are off, or not supported, the other would be >for containing the tooltip text for when the images are loaded. Ok, let's get this sorted out once and for all. SRC is to give a picture. ALT is to give a textual *replacement* for blind users, search engines, and text-mode users. It should not in *any* way bring the user to the attention of there being a picture. TITLE is for a description of the image, which is rendered AS A TOOLTIP in HTML4 browsers, and could include image size or other relevant information. This attribute is actually present on most HTML4 elements. If the picture is decoarative only then ALT="", title could include image description and size. If the image is just colourful text, then ALT="whatever the text is". <P>This is an <IMG SRC="eg.png" ALT="example"> of what I mean.</P> Are we clear now?! -- Ian Hickson -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GIT/M/S d- s+: a--- C++(+++)>$ U P L+ !E W++ N++ o? K? w++>+++ O- !M V- PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t 5+++>++++ X- R+++ tv b++(+++) DI D++ G e-(*)>+++++ h!()(--) y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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