My alt tag is usualy descriptive - "two oranges sitting on a brown table" vs my title tag which is the name I've given the image "oranges et duo" or something.
I expect the alt text only to be needed if the image is not displayed for some reason, as per the definition for alternate tag. I almost always set both for things like images accompanying a story, or photographs. But for other images, like navbars, decorations etc I only set the alt, and only if necessary. On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:48:35 +1100, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 9 December 2004 7:31 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [WSG] alt or title... > > > > > > Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: > > > It's good practise to have the title attribute also on images > > (in addition > > > to the ALT), as some browsers won't display the ALT Text as a tooltip. > > > > Well, ALT is by definition an ALTernate. The fact that all browsers in > > the past > > chose to also show ALT as a tooltip is not really a reason to double it up > > with a title. In some situations, I can see why you may want to > > do this, but > > I wouldn't say it should be seen as a rule or anything. > > > > I agree it doesn't have to be a rule. But if we consider that the ALT tag > should contain a description of the image, it sometimes is very useful for > users to see that description in combination with the image. And many users > are quite accustomed to moving the mouse over an image to check the tooltip. > Quite often I will make the Title and the ALT slightly different though: the > ALT may contain information that, if you see the photo, is redundant. The > title just holds a little extra for the user to see in combination with the > image. > > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Website Designer/Developer www.nataliebuxton.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
