- From: Brian Bober <netdemonz@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:03:12 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
On http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#edef-IMG I would like you to say that ALT shouldn't be displayed as a tooltip but simply as a replacement for a missing image by default by a user-agent, and only title should. I would also like you to provide more extensive examples on proper ALT and TITLE strings. That way, we can get rid of the inconsistancy between user agents, webdesign software, etc. Bug 25537 (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25537 - "alt text is not displayed as a tooltip") on bugzilla.mozilla.org is about ALT Tooltips not being shown as tooltips, yet Title tooltips are. Since ALT is meant as a replacement for images, and TITLE is meant as a title for the image, Mozilla behaves correctly because it displays TITLE as tooltips, but ALT only as a replacement for an image that didn't load or was blocked. The problem is that older browsers didn't behave properly, and web authors are reluctant to update their site, especially since IE will display ALT as a tooltip if no TITLE is avalailable. Therefore, Mozilla displays incorrect behavior to authors that don't know any better. This is further compounded by sites that incorrectly describe the functionality of ALT and TITLE attributes, along with web authoring software that doesn't support TITLE. The following URL contains a list of information regarding this: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=124200&action=view __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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