[thelist] Good alt texts [was .gif texts]

[Comharsa]

From: "Gerd Baumann" <gb at inetwire.com>
> And if you're bothered by IE producing a Tooltip saying "Image"
> everytime you mouse over a spacer GIF, you could use
> ALT=" " - so you'll get a blank tooltip :-)

<tip type="alt attributes">
I have never used this but was gathered from Linda R.
(http://www.playingwithfire.com - Fireworks site). If you do not want the
alt attribute to appear onmouseover, include an extra empty alt attribute
before the proper one, like:

alt="" alt="description here"

Apparently browsers that need the alt tag will use the second one, while the
tooltip will come from the first so not appear.

As I said, I have never tried this, but I have heard it works (though if you
try to open Dreamweaver with two alt tags it throws a fit).
</tip>

Brian
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