On 10/21/2001 10:35 PM, T Carr wrote:

> Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>On 10/21/2001 10:25 PM, T Carr wrote:
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>>>Morten Nilsen wrote:
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>>>>T Carr wrote:
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>>>>>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 :)
>>>>>
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>>>>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
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>>>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.
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>>Lynx
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> 
> 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.


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