On 10/21/2001 10:35 PM, T Carr wrote: > Jay Garcia wrote: > > >>On 10/21/2001 10:25 PM, T Carr wrote: >> >> >> >>>Morten Nilsen wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>T Carr wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Sorry, I have 5 browser on my machine, and they all rending sites >>>>>virtually identically, in spite of the few nuisances encountered by >>>>>the validater. A perfect example in this case is, again, my web site. >>>>>At www.fitnessforlife.com I use transparent.gif's a lot. I use mo alt= >>>>>tag for them. >>>>> >>>>>I have yet to come across a browser that gives a tinkers toss whether >>>>>or not the alt tags are in place. >>>>> >>>>>Another example is the use of <br> tags and how I choose to use >>>>>them..in this case, outside <li> tags. The validater says I cannot >>>>>have the break tags where I have them, but changing their placement >>>>>does nothing to the display of the page. >>>>> >>>>>I could site other examples, but thats enough :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>Text browsers care about the alt property of images. That's all they show. >>>>If you want *everyone* to be able to view your page, it is recommended >>>>to put something useful in the alt properties of images >>>> >>>>Morten >>>> >>>>:wq >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Name one text only browser that people use a lot. I cannot think of one. >>>And who cares if no one can see a transparent.gif. Its transparent for >>>Petes Sake. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Lynx >> >> >> > > Slam dunk. > > I have done the research. In fact there is a web site devoted to just > this very thing. Lynx barely even shows up as a browser people use. It > is statistically irrelevant. > > http://html.about.com/cs/browserstatistics/index.htm?terms=browser+statistics > >
I see you've never been around UNIX labs at major universities. -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
