[thelist] Critique please (http://squalidnet.port5.com)

[Erika Meyer]

>...some text...
>  > Here's a photo of
>  > <A href="http://someplace.com/neatstuff.gif"
>  > title="Me scuba diving">me scuba diving last summer</A>
>  > ...some more text...
>  >
>
>So these are in addition to ALT tags?  It seems redundant to me.
>
>./greg

No.  Maybe the example was confusing because it's an <a href> that 
calls a gif.

The "alt" is a brief description of an image which goes in the <img> 
tag.  "Title" if I remember correctly is "additional information." 
Unlike "alt," "title" can be used on links and I think probably on 
any element (check the spec).

When I make a linked image, I might use "alt" to descibe the link and 
"title" to describe the image.  I don't think there are any hard & 
fast rules about how to use "title," and unlike "alt" it really seems 
to me to be more of an enhancement than a necessity.  (I've had fun 
using them as a running subtext, sort of like asides or hyperlinks 
you don't need to click... but can if you want...)

I don't really see why you need "title" tags on your front page, as 
your links seem self-evident to me.

One site I REALLY WISH would use "title" is 'suck.com.'  When 
articles are linked on 'suck,' they tend to be linked by 'key words' 
within sentences, and one doesn't always know where the link goes 
and/or why.  'title' could solve that issue.

but for a menu with good, precise link names, or links that are 
self-evident, I say there's no need for 'title,' and it could even be 
argued that the popup bit that IE does with 'title' is distracting 
&/or annoying.

Erika



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