Hi all,
What is the current wisdom about the syntax of alt tags? I believe that
if I have a decorative image I am supposed to put a blank tag. But I've
also been told that the tag should be alt= , NOT alt=, because with
no spaces (or one) the screen reader will announce 'blank' whereas with
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Hey all,
First of all isn't ALT an attribute not a TAG?
1. When should one use an empty tag?
I don't think you should empty attribute to start with, its all noted
down in your DTD if you open it up for example the strict.dtd and search
through you'll find this paragraph
!--
To avoid
Hi Bob,
On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:42 AM, Designer wrote:
What is the current wisdom about the syntax of alt tags? I believe
that if I have a decorative image I am supposed to put a blank tag.
If it's decorative image, why not make it to background image? This
is most appropriate way to
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Hi Bob,
Excellent question and I am sure you are going to receive many different
answers which may confuse the matter more!!
From my point of view I would suggest any decorative images should be styled
as CSS background images, granted this brings with it the issue of losing
it's place within
On 11 Sep 2007, at 10:00, Mohamed Jama wrote:
First of all isn't ALT an attribute not a TAG?
Yes, it is.
(but see Part 5 of NOT the comp.text.sgml FAQ http://
www.flightlab.com/~joe/sgml/faq-not.txt :)
1. When should one use an empty tag?
I don't think you should empty attribute to
Quoting Designer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
What is the current wisdom about the syntax of alt tags? I believe
that if I have a decorative image I am supposed to put a blank tag. But
I've also been told that the tag should be alt= , NOT alt=,
because with no spaces (or one) the screen reader will
On 11/09/2007, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For hand-crafted pages, done by a web artisan...
Is that what we're calling ourselves now? ;)
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tag. But I've
also been told that the tag should be alt= , NOT alt=,
because with
no spaces (or one) the screen reader will announce 'blank'
whereas with
two spaces it remains silent.
David Dorward has already posted the definitive answer to your questions, so
I won't repeat what he
For hand-crafted pages, done by a web artisan...
Is that what we're calling ourselves now? ;)
Funny you mentioned it , I instantly googled it and checked if the
domain was available too sounds cool.
M. Jama
big:interactive
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Holland Park
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On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:16 AM, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Quoting Tee G. Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If it's decorative image, why not make it to background image?
This is
most appropriate way to handle it, and you don't need to worry about
blank alt tag.
Depending on the situation, it's not
Quoting Tee G. Peng [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
If it's decorative image, why not make it to background image? This is
most appropriate way to handle it, and you don't need to worry about
blank alt tag.
Depending on the situation, it's not always possible to add images as
non-repeating CSS. For
Quoting Matthew Pennell [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 11/09/2007, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For hand-crafted pages, done by a web artisan...
Is that what we're calling ourselves now? ;)
Yup :)
Watch out for my opinion piece the artisan and the mass producer in
next month's .net
Tee G. Peng
Hmmm, I didn't think about that. My clients asked me how to add
*decorative* images by themselves, I asked are they any meaning/
purpose of those images, are they echo to your content, they said no
I just wanted my page looks nice in certain area. I told them sorry
you
I've noticed that a lot of articles about web design seem to assume that
the web developer/designer is working in the commercial sector, and
often it's assumed that we're freelance too.
As an example, we'll often see arguments on here based on the target
audience meaning e.g. that you're
I am personally both!!
I do not think many people stay in the one field and most 'swing' between
corporate and government/ school etc
On 9/12/07, John Horner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've noticed that a lot of articles about web design seem to assume that
the web developer/designer is
John asked:
So I wonder, how many people on this list are in the commercial sector
and how many are in the non-profit / public / government / education
sector?
More importantly, how would you classify yourself g
Kerry
(ACT Government)
Yes I'm sure too that would be the norm.
Jermayn Parker wrote:
I am personally both!!
I do not think many people stay in the one field and most 'swing'
between corporate and government/ school etc
On 9/12/07, * John Horner* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've
So I wonder, how many people on this list are in the commercial sectorand
how many are in
the non-profit / public / government / education sector?
Interesting question.
I for one am in both sectors. I am a technology consultant and I have
various clients that have me employed handling their
Hi John,
Thought I'd send this off-list to you:
Commercial Sector: I build web-based tech documentation for the development
division of an international logistics/supply chain company - Supergroup
Trading Ltd in South Africa (can't wait to get outta here).
Non-profit Sector: I produce gratis
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