Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread nroper
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RE: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Mohamed Jama
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

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Tee G. Peng
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

Re: Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread nroper
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Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Jamie Stewart
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

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread David Dorward
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

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
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

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Matthew Pennell
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? ;) *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm

RE: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Nick Fitzsimons
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

RE: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Mohamed Jama
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 91 Princedale Road Holland Park London W11 4NS Email:

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Tee G. Peng
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

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
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

Re: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
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

RE: [WSG] Speaking of alt tags . . .

2007-09-11 Thread Patrick Lauke
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