Of Stuart Foulstone
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 4:06 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] best formatting for alt text
Or rather, start with the the semantic structure of the page, then insert
the image into the structure appropriately.
On Sat, November 13, 2010 1:46 am
Or rather, start with the the semantic structure of the page, then insert
the image into the structure appropriately.
On Sat, November 13, 2010 1:46 am, Christian Montoya wrote:
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Patrick H. Lauke
re...@splintered.co.uk wrote:
On 13/11/2010 01:23, cat soul
On 11/12/10 4:23 PM, cat soul wrote:
I am assuming that alt text will be heard and not read.
?? Why?
How do people handle alt? format it with h6 and call it good?
You seem confused; alt is an attribute of the IMG tag, and H6 is
a member of a semantic hierarchy of headers, certainly not a
Alt text is not formatted. You just have alt=your description here. And
that's it.
Janice
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM, cat soul cats...@thinkplan.org wrote:
Hello;
I am assuming that alt text will be heard and not read. If this is so, it
need only be there and could be any size,
On 13 November 2010 11:33, Janice Schwarz jan...@geekartist.net wrote:
Alt text is not formatted. You just have alt=your description here. And
that's it.
Janice
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:23 PM, cat soul cats...@thinkplan.org wrote:
Hello;
I am assuming that alt text will be heard and not
On Nov 12, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Oliver Boermans wrote:
Alt text does become visible when the image has yet to, or has failed,
to load. In which case it is most certainly worthy of consideration. I
believe (in most browsers?) this text will inherit any font attributes
assigned to the IMG tag or
On 13/11/2010 01:23, cat soul wrote:
Right..I noticed this while playing around, and I wondered whether it
represents an opportunity by making sure that it has some desired
formatting, or whether those who rely upon alt information just want
normal, smallish text.
those who rely on alt would
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Patrick H. Lauke
re...@splintered.co.uk wrote:
On 13/11/2010 01:23, cat soul wrote:
Right..I noticed this while playing around, and I wondered whether it
represents an opportunity by making sure that it has some desired
formatting, or whether those who rely
