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Re: client using title instead of alt on image.

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From: Kevin Miller
Date: Apr 5, 2010 5:12PM

Title does provide the sometimes useful 'hover' feature - but some browsers
treat that attribute differently - there's a great article about
it<http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200412/the_alt_and_title_attributes/>;at
456 Brea Street's website.

We tell our clients they must always have the alt attribute, the the title
attribute can also be used to supplement the content - often for links or
images within links to provide tips to sighted users. Some browsers only
hover tips with the mouse and not on a keyboard scoping - so use with
caution.

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Despain, Dallas < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Jukka, Andrew, and Dean
>
> Thank you very much for your well thought out responses. I think I'll just
> take the "not reliable for all assistive technology" approach.
>
> I am continually amazed at the incredible wealth of information and depth
> of knowledge of users of this list. Thank you!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dallas
>
>