I suspect you are correct re: overlapping areas.  I was having this problem
and when I changed the areas to eliminate overlap all of the alt tags
appeared correctly.


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Campbell, Rebecca wrote:

>i'm just curious to know if this has to do with overlapping the map
>coordinates, or is it just plain buggy in some browsers?  anybody know?
>i've seen it work on some browsers, but not others, but i've never seen
(or
>noticed, rather) it selectively work as described...
>
>rebecca
>http://www.nerdygirl.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Markkanen, Timo ELP:EX [mailto:Timo.Markkanen(at)gems5.gov.bc.ca]
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:18 AM
>To: HWG Techniques List
>Subject: RE: going out on a limb...
>
>
>I've found that alt tags in image maps can be a flaky thing. I have NN 4.7
>an IE4 on Windows NT and yours showed up on the screen nicely.
>However, I've seen image maps where the alt tags show up only a few times
>(or only 5 out of 8 show)and then disappear or not show up at all. Go
>figure...
>
>Timo Markkanen
>Groundwater Section and Web Enhancement Project
>Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (250-387-9459)
>Member of the HTML Writers Guild (/)
>timo.markkanen(at)gems5.gov.bc.ca
>
>
>>2)  I use certain techniques to make the pages I write accessible,
>>these techniques can be seen at http://www.wsc.ma.edu and
>>http://www.javanet.com/~eandscon.  I am wondering if I am using 'correct'
>>techniques?  For instance, to make my image maps accessible I use alt
tags
>>for each link as well as an alt tag for the entire graphic...
>
>okay, i took a look at the eandscon home page
>
>the image alt tag "elliott & swartz menu" works, but not the individual
>menu item alt texts
>
>not sure if this is just my browsers -- ie4 and nn3 on win95 -- but i
can't
>get them to show area alt tags at all
>
>
>all the best
>
>_____________
>rudy limeback
>http://r937.com/
>http://evolt.org/

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Phil Babcock
Lead Web Designer
BGS Group Inc.

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