Re: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-28 Thread Ben Buchanan
Now that I have mastered putting an image in a site using CSS do we just throw out the img tag in standards based xhtml. Not at all - you should still use img for any image which forms part of the document's *content*. Only decorative images should be inserted via CSS. And how does the use of

Re: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread Adam Martin
I assume you mean you are setting a background image using css - now what if you want another image on top - you use img tag for that. For example have a look at http://qps.shockmedia.com.au/About-QPS - if you resize the browser window you will see that the logo appears on top of the image on the

RE: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread John Hancock
Personally, I think the img tag has the correct semantics (and attributes) for an image. I'd just keep them for images in paragraphs and use css background for everything else. An object is just that! -Original Message- From: Michael Horowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December

Re: [WSG] Do we just throw out the img tag

2007-12-16 Thread Christian Snodgrass
Michael Horowitz wrote: Now that I have mastered putting an image in a site using CSS do we just throw out the img tag in standards based xhtml. And how does the use of css compare with use of the object tag http://www.webstandards.org/learn/articles/askw3c/jun2004/ I found in my google