____/ Jim Carlock on Friday 13 July 2007 03:13 : \____
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:24:48 -0700, "Hymer" stated...
>> So it is Title vs. Alt.
>
> "Big Bill" suggested:
>> Alt wins.
>
> "Roy Schestowitz" commented:
> : I'd say alt as well, based on what I'm seeing in terms of return
> : (referrals). It's more of an instinctive opinion though.
>
> For images I don't think there's any penalty for putting both a title
> and an alt on an image. The alt="" was created for people with
> vision problems so if they couldn't see the picture, they'd get a
> description of what the picture was.
>
> For all other things, title wins, as there is no alt. And the advantage
> of the title is that for all web-browsers, when someone scrolls their
> mouse over the item, a pop up tooltip window appears with the "title"
> in it. So it's a valid way to provide user feedback. The only problem
> is if you've got a table with a title that holds an image with a title, it's
> not defined which title gets displayed, so either check out how the
> title works in such nested instances.
I suppose that having both wouldn't hurt. In some cases, alt is required
for /validation.
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