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RE: Complication of the alt text issue

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From: Lisa Halabi
Date: Mar 13, 2002 3:14AM

Many thanks for your feedback Jim.
Much appreciated.

Lisa Halabi
Senior Usability Consultant
Usability by Design Ltd. London
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Date: 12/03/2002 - 11:00 p.m. (UTC)
From: Jim Thatcher < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
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Subject: RE: Complication of the alt text issue

Think about what it is like to listen to the alt text. You chose "Products
and Services" for the text on the button. Then "Products and services"
should be the alt text. If you want to give more information for a
mouse-over, use the title attribute for stuff like, "Details on the products
and services we offer, and what they can do for you" - but please not all
that in the alt text. See the discussion of alt text style in the web
course, http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse2.htm .

Jim
Accessibility Consulting
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