[thelist] alt and title

Dunstan Orchard dunstan at 1976design.com
Wed Nov 6 12:05:00 CST 2002


> kris:
> Should the alt text and the title text be the same?

I'd say not because the alt text should be describing the image (regardless of
whether it's a link or not) and the title text should be describing the
link/it's action/it's target/etc.

They're seperate things entirely.

It can be a bit frustrating I know as IE displays one and MOZ displays the
other on mouseover, but I think sticking to their proper uses will see you
right in the long run.

hth - dunstan

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