On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 10:11:36 +0000, Joey wrote: > I am curious as to why Firefox only understands the title attribute > when creating tool tips, why cant we just use ALT?
I'm not sure I understand your question. Myself, I've always wondered why IE shows the alt attributes when, to be properly standards-compliant, it ought to display the titles, per http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#h-12.1.4 After all, alt attributes are only meant for undisplayable images, per http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.8 Lea -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - I Understand the Internet <http://elysiansystems.com/> Search Engine Optimisation, Usability, Information Architecture, Web Design Brisbane, Australia ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
