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Re: change of language inside an text equivalent

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From: zara
Date: Mar 7, 2005 7:42PM

Hi John,

> How about:
>
> <br
> />Photo
> du si&eacute;ge social de la Montreal Thieves
> Guild

I had thought of using span but was told that I could not insert it into the
attribute of another tag... (rough translation, I hope I am clear)


> Here we have directly associated a text caption to the photo by providing
> the text directly to the page. The only "downside" is that from a design
> perspective, the text shows on the page. But is that "wrong"? Some would
> argue that a 'caption' such as you are embedding in the alt text should be
> made available to all web users - why keep it reserved for just A.T. or
> those who do not have images displayed?

So, if I understand you correctly, it will be present on the page and not
only in the alt text ?


> There is no valid method of declaring multiple languages in the ALT
> attribute.

Well, that is certainly something to think about...


Catherine



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