>>>>>>>>>>>> Laura Stewart wrote (2007-01-17 10:45:57): > On 1/17/07, Bernt M. Johnsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The HTML standard does not require a browser to show the alt text > >unless the image cannot be rendered: > > > > User agents must render alternate text when they cannot support > > images, they cannot support a certain image type or when they > > are configured not to display images. (HTML 4.01) > > > >Firefox is a graphical browser and as such does not ahev to display > >it, while w3m and lynx are text only browsers and "must" render the > >text. > > > > Are you saying that if I had a screen reader (for people unable to see > the screen, which is why the alt text is added to the image in the > first place) that the text would be read by the screen reader, even > though it doesn't appear when I mouse over the text?
I have no experience with screen readers, so I can't answer the question. In Firefox, you may see the text by right-clicking the image and choose "Properties", or if you disable image load, the alt-text is shown instead. Wether that is useful for the visually impaired or not, I have no idea. My point was just that Firefox was standards compliant. -- Bernt Marius Johnsen, Database Technology Group, Staff Engineer, Technical Lead Derby/Java DB Sun Microsystems, Trondheim, Norway
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