[thelist] Image question

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> From: "Aaron Cunnington" <acunnington at dingoblue.net.au>
>
> Whats wrong with imagemaps guys? (newbie question:))

i didn't see a response to this yet...

the biggest reason with imagemaps is that they don't degrade 
well... if i'm surfing on crappy connection and the image doesn't 
download, i can't navigate... while i'm waiting for it to download, i 
can't surf...

to alleviate this, often you'll see redundant text links... this does 
address the problem, but rarely looks any good...

other reasons include:
- rollovers aren't exactly easy...
- a brand new download to show a highlighted section, instead of 
one small image...
- hit states and the like can be bizarre, so you need to make sure 
it's still usable...
- alt attribute is pretty useless if you want it to have navigational 
value...
- etc...