Re: Danada Equestrian Center

I think the advice on this list previously was to use alt=3D"  " and not =
alt=3D"", if you want it skipped by screen readers.

Paul Roberts
mail(at)paul-roberts.com
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From: "Michael Heliker" <Michael.Heliker(at)ncrel.org>
To: "Lauren Hanka" <bluejay(at)starband.net>; "Critiques (E-mail)" =
<hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: RE: Danada Equestrian Center


Ah... I see your point. Usually, I make a habit out of filling in all =
the alt tags if there is something to report. (at my work, we are =
required to be 508 compliant)=20

If you have something like a "spacer.gif" file for layout purposes and =
don't have an alt=3D"" in the <img> tag, a screen reader (we test with =
JAWS) will literally read out loud "image" (or something like that) for =
every one of the spacer.gif files referred to in the html. So I only put =
text in the alt tag if there is text in the image, or unless the picture =
needs explanation. But every image file I like to will have at least =
alt=3D"".

I will double check them before the site is complete, though.=20

Thanks!!

michael

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> You have to ~fill~ the alt tag with the image description, like this:
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> <img src=3D"rivervalleyview.jpg" height=3D"100" width=3D"175" =
alt=3D"View of River
> Valley">
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> I noticed you had quite a few empty alt tags ("").
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> Thanks for the input. What do you mean by image descriptions? I =
thought alt
> tags were all that you needed.
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> > Michael,
> >
> > Looks great, and I ~really~ like it. It's clean, crisp, and the =
colors are
> > very nice. If it were me, I would consider working in text links =
with a
> > JavaScript hover color in td table cells instead of using rollover =
images
> > for navigation, and to remember to enter image descriptions to all
> pertinent
> > alt tags to enhance usability.
> >
> > Pretty work!
> >
> > Lauren
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