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From: Iain Harrison
Date: Sat, Oct 30 2004 12:56PM
Subject: Re[2]: Web accessibility and usability
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Saturday, October 30, 2004, 7:47:08 PM, alg230 wrote:
> Would anyone anticipate the presence of "alt" as improving the
> experience of users without disabilities (in terms of any of the
> metrics
> noted on UsableNet: time, number of errors, success rate, and subjective rating)?
Some people browse the web with images switched off to improve
loading speed: I do this when I'm using a cellular connection, and
3G isn't available.
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Iain
From: Michael R. Burks
Date: Sat, Oct 30 2004 8:03PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Web accessibility and usability
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Has it been mentioned that search engines pick up what is in the alt tag?
Sincerely,
Mike Burks
From: Ineke van der Maat
Date: Sun, Oct 31 2004 2:15AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Web accessibility and usability
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Hello Mike,
You wrote:
> Has it been mentioned that search engines pick up what is in the alt
tag?
I really don't know what you are meaning. I don't know the existence of
any alt tag. When you mean the alt-attribute or alt text, than this may
be interesting.
Greetings
ineke van der Maat
From: Annmarie L Gemma
Date: Sun, Oct 31 2004 11:08AM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Web accessibility and usability
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Thank you, Estelle and Iain your input.
Is anyone aware of statistics on the number of Internet users who set their browser to turn off images?
Many thanks,
Annmarie
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From: iain
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2004 2:53 pm
Subject: [WebAIM] Re[2]: Web accessibility and usability
>
> Saturday, October 30, 2004, 7:47:08 PM, alg230 wrote:
>
> > Would anyone anticipate the presence of "alt" as improving the
> > experience of users without disabilities (in terms of any of the
> > metrics
> > noted on UsableNet: time, number of errors, success rate, and
> subjective rating)?
>
>
> Some people browse the web with images switched off to improve
> loading speed: I do this when I'm using a cellular connection, and
> 3G isn't available.
>
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> Iain
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From: Iain Harrison
Date: Sun, Oct 31 2004 3:38PM
Subject: Re[2]: Web accessibility and usability
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Sunday, October 31, 2004, 10:31:18 PM, kerrya.webb wrote:
> Firefox does not display the alt attribute on mouseover. IE does, but it "shouldn't".
Agreed, but if there is a "title" as well, IE does correctly show that
instead of the "alt".
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Iain