[thelist] ALT tags

Jim Barter jim at technophobia.co.uk
Fri Mar 9 04:51:32 CST 2001


The RNIB recommend alt="*" for spacer/blank gifs

>Hi, Jeff --

>Two reasons. In IE, if you have 'alt=" "', you get a blank tooltip if you
>hover over the image. And my understanding is that there is no difference
>between space and no space in a voice browser. Unfortunately, I haven't
>tested this. I'm going on advice, same as you. :)

jim

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