Re: Strange alt text behavior

From: Ken Lanxner <klanxner(at)home.com>
>I am on a Mac, using NN 4+ and IE 4+.
>In my experience, if the amount of text is wider that the
>width of the image, the alt text will not display on the page.

Using a PC, Win95, if the image is smaller than the point size of the
alt text, then the viewer will not be able to read the alt text that
shows prior to image loading. But, once you mouseover the image, then
you can read the entire alt text.

>Do browsers for PCs display *all* the alt
>text when images are turned off?

PC's will not display all the alt text, prior to image loading, if the
image is smaller than the point size of the text. The viewer will see
pieces of the characters, which are illegible.

>And will text readers be able to read
>the complete alt text, even if it is not displayed?

The text-only viewers should be able to read the complete alt text, once
moused over.

>How can I write
>"meaningful" alts (as some of you have suggested), if the image is
small
>and the text will not be shown?

Same as above ... the text-only viewers *should* see the complete alt
text once they pass their mouse over where the image box lies (someone
correct me if I'm wrong).

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Cindy K. Stanley

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