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A quick tip on how to read my blog

Always read the ALT tags for images. You may occasionally suffer a bad pun. You may also occasionally pick up more information.

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1 - As I usually read blogs on my iPod touch at home at night, that's a little hard to do. No mouse-over, no context menus. Emoticon

Posted by Michelle O'Rorke At 08:58:41 AM On 06/20/2008 | - Website - |

2 - Did you catch the hidden gem in my recent post? Hint: a "title" attribute in a span tag has the same effect as "alt" on an image...

Posted by Tim Tripcony At 10:20:56 AM On 06/20/2008 | - Website - |

3 - @2 - I use "ALT" tag loosely. I actually put both ALT and TITLE on every image.

Posted by Nathan T. Freeman At 11:12:02 AM On 06/20/2008 | - Website - |

4 - Careful! The title attribute in a span tag has the same effect as the title attribute on an image! The alt attribute is strictly for devices that do not display images at all.

It's just Internet Explorer that - when (mis-)configured this way - shows alt content as tooltip. So, while every image should have an alt attribute (for accessibility reasons), it's the title attribute that must be used, if you want to be sure that a tooltip is displayed.

Posted by harkpabst meliantrop At 07:26:08 AM On 06/23/2008 | - Website - |

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