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RE: ALT tags vs TITLE tags

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From: Jon Gunderson
Date: Dec 2, 2003 10:05AM

The rendering of ALT text information is dependent on the browser you are
using, not the operating system. There are also more than one way a
browser can render alt text. The typical way is as a substitution for the
image when images are turned off. This has side issues, like what does the
browser do when the ALT text doesn't fit into the graphical real estate of
the image, many browser just clip the ALT text to fit in the original
window. Some browsers like IE will generate a "tooltip" when the user
hovers over an image. More potential techniques on the rendering of ALT
text can be found at:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-UAAG10-TECHS-20021217/guidelines.html#tech-conditional-content

Jon


At 07:08 AM 12/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>It seems that you're looking at using ALT for a tooltip, which is one of the
>things that MS IE does.
>ALT attributes are intended to serve as alternative text, not as a tool tip,
>and AFAIK all browsers support the attribute just as they should.
>There is no Mac issue with ALT
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>-Karl
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