"Erik Harris" <eharris1@rocheste$.$$.com> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > In Netscape, when I have an image with its "alt" string defined, it shows up > in Netscape and IE when I hover the mouse over an image for a few seconds. > This doesn't happen in Mozilla. Is this a bug or something that was done on > purpose (and if so, why??).
It's deliberate. ALT is not meant to be used for tooltips. It is meant to replace the image when the image does not display (for example: if the image is broken, or if the user is using a text browser or a voice browser). Most of the time, text that would make a good tooltip would not make a good alternative text and vice-versa. The TITLE attribute is meant for tooltips.
