[thelist] alt tags

[James Aylard]

Tom,

> In IE the alt tag shows up as a title. Is this standard across
> browsers? I want to say somebody said something about the right

    No, it's not standard, but it's not uncommon, either. Mozilla/Netscape
6/7 do not do this, while Netscape 4.x does, for instance.

> click. What if you would need to use like 30-40 characters in your
> alt text - but the title box that pops up obscures something else?
> For non-impaired users, that is quite annoying.

    Use alt text where it is appropriate. Use an empty alt attribute (e.g.,
alt="") where no alt text is needed. And in IE, you can use the title
attribute to "override" the pop-up effect of alt text, e.g.:

<img
   width="100"
   height="50"
   src="myImg.jpg"
   alt="Some worthwhile description"
   title="">

James Aylard