On 12/15/05, Ben Curtis wrote: >The alt text is removed from the element if the image is loaded. It's >a very simple htc that runs this code for each image after the page >loads: > > if (element.complete) element.alt = ''; > >You attach it to the img selector in your css, or a more specific >selector if you don't want all images to be affected.
I can't see why you'd want it to have an effect on any images, to be honest. >I would assume that the blind have their browsers set to not load >images. I may be dreadfully wrong in that assumption, but if the >images don't load then this code has no effect and the alt text >remains. Dreadfully wrong. Well, you said it, not me :-) "The blind" have just as many varied setups and configurations as "the unblind." If you take away alt text, you take away *critical* information. Even if you target specific images via CSS selectors, I'd question whether nor not it should be removed at all. After all - how do you decide which ones to take away and which ones not to take away? OK - let me rephrase that to be more clear: "Don't remove the alt text - it is there for a reason and taking it away is the opposite of web standards." Cheers, Derek. -- Derek Featherstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 613-599-9784 1-866-932-4878 (toll-free in North America) Web Development: http://www.furtherahead.com Personal: http://www.boxofchocolates.ca ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
