Re: ALT text not showing in NS 6?

by "Eric B. Bednarz" <doublebase(at)wanadoo.nl>

Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2002 15:48:18 +0200
To:	HWG Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	awebresource
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On 27 Jun 2002 at 8:38, Tenley Shewmake wrote:

> Is it just me, or does Netscape 6 not show alt text when the cursor is
> over pictures?

It's not just you, they've fixed a bug. The alt text is a replacement, not an addon.

> What are the implications of this if any in terms of accessibility or
> general page usability?

Hopefully authors will start using the alt text for its purpose again; the fact that broken UAs display it on mouseover has 
led to all sorts of abuse in terms of accessibility.

Cheers,

<eb/

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