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Alt text is an alternative, not a tooltip

Posted By admin On 19/04/2007 @ 08:48 pm In Accessibility, CSS, Tutorials, Web Design | No Comments

It seems like there is a bit of confusion among many web developers and browser vendors surrounding the use of the alt attribute to provide alternative text for images and other non-textual elements.

In [1] alt as a tooltip, Anne van Kesteren points to a document on the Channel9 Wiki site that contains feedback about [2] Internet Explorer Programming Bugs. The alt attribute (yes, [3] It’s alt attribute, not alt tag) and how it is displayed by Internet Explorer is discussed in the “Browser Behavior” section. Several people point out that Internet Explorer is wrong in displaying alternative text as a tooltip while also displaying the image.

[4] More…

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URLs in this post:
[1] alt as a tooltip: http://annevankesteren.nl/2006/02/alt
[2] Internet Explorer Programming Bugs: http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.InternetExplorerProgrammingB
ugs
[3] It’s alt attribute, not alt tag: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200511/its_alt_attribute_not_alt_tag/
[4] More…: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200604/alt_text_is_an_alternative_not_a_to
oltip/

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