[thelist] Critique please (http://squalidnet.port5.com)

Greg Strange gstrange at e-tsi.com
Sun Aug 13 14:10:34 CDT 2000


on 8/13/00 1:47 PM, rudy limeback at r937 at interlog.com wrote:

> Values of the title attribute may be rendered by user agents
> in a variety of ways. For instance, visual browsers frequently
> display the title as a "tool tip" (a short message that appears
> when the pointing device pauses over an object). Audio user
> agents may speak the title information in a similar context.
> For example, setting the attribute on a link allows user agents
> (visual and non-visual) to tell users about the nature of the
> linked resource:
> 
> ...some text...
> Here's a photo of
> <A href="http://someplace.com/neatstuff.gif"
> title="Me scuba diving">me scuba diving last summer</A>
> ...some more text...
> 

So these are in addition to ALT tags?  It seems redundant to me.

./greg





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