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RE: Complication of the alt text issue

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From: Leo Smith
Date: Mar 14, 2002 12:05PM

Therefore allowing you to provide alt text that doesn't show up as a
tooltip in IE6 if the designer is *so* against that:

<img src="image.gif" width="180" height="39" alt="nothing will
show as a tooltip in IE6" title="">

Of course, this doesn't then allow you to use the title attribute for
useful content, as it must remain empty.

Leo.

On 12 Mar 2002, at 21:10, John Foliot - bytown internet wrote:

> Actually, in IE 6 the Title overrides the Alt text as the "tool tip"



Leo Smith
Web Designer/Developer
USM Office of Publications and Marketing
University of Southern Maine
207-780-4774


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