robfenn — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:04:06 +0000

I'm not sure about accesibility, W3C validation accepts ALT tags. The partially sighted or blind users that have a screen reader would be able to read ALT tags too.

-Rob

Roo — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:11:52 +0000

Opera browsers will display the title as a tooltip on both images and links. It's a good idea to include the title attribute for accessability.

EGS — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:55:07 +0000

Haha yeah...but strangely enough, I've seen some alt tags perform as title tags in FireFox. Thus the reason why I even bothered asking this silly question.

timjpriebe — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 12:50:33 +0000

Yep, you did it right, dynamite. Just IE does it wrong.

Unfortunately, due to IE displaying the alt attribute as a tooltip, I've been asked by clients in the past to remove it. Stupid IE...

EGS — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:06:09 +0000

Ok...so I guess everything is ok then!

Thanks.

chrishirst — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:46:36 +0000

Busy wrote: An alt element (tag) is for displaying before the image is loaded or if the image doesn't load - nothing else

Actually that's only partly correct

It is NOT an element OR a tag. It is an attribute of the tag and yes it is meant to be used for an alternative text display in user agents that do not render images.

Busy — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 08:50:08 +0000

An alt element (tag) is for displaying before the image is loaded or if the image doesn't load - nothing else

chrishirst — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:31:43 +0000

it is alt attribute it is not a tag.

All browsers support it, IE incorrectly shows the content of the alt attribute as a "tool tip"

Roo — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 03:09:57 +0000

Yes use can use both alt="Whatever" and title="Whatever"....those are valid for the image tag.

AyntRyte — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:59:59 +0000

It works in IE, Fx (maybe others) don't support it. Try adding:
title=Easy Signature Generator"
to the tag.