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Re: client using title instead of alt on image.

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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Apr 1, 2010 9:51PM

I could be wrong, but I don't think it's valid markup to use a title on an
image. Run it through a validating tool and see.


On 4/1/10 7:47 PM, "Despain, Dallas" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> A client has an image (with text) for a website banner and instead of putting
> alt text on the image, they have used the title attribute (title="text of
> image"). I know it's a bad idea, but how do I best explain it to the client? I
> tested in JAWS 10/11 with both Firefox 3.6 and IE 8. In all my tests the
> banner was announced correctly. Are there other reasons I can use to explain
> why this is a bad idea? Do older screen readers have problems with this?
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Dallas
>