Comments on: Quiz 1.1.8: ALT text or Title text? http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/ Seeking Best Accessibility Practices Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:37:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: steve johnson http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-31177 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:47:36 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-31177 formatting TITLE and ALT attributes IE will honor line feeds (\n) in TITLE attribute. formatting TITLE and ALT attributes
IE will honor line feeds (\n) in TITLE attribute.

]]> by: Webdev http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-28316 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:03:41 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-28316 I would choose A normally, but may use choice B in certain situation. I would choose A normally, but may use choice B in certain situation.

]]> by: Bob Easton http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-21406 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:22:15 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-21406 Serena, (Sorry for the delay in posting your comment. I have comment moderation set on because some stuff is still getting by the Akismet filter.) Your Mac browsers are operating correctly, exactly as the W3C intended. The correct browser interpretation of ALT is to display it ONLY when the graphic itself cannot be displayed. It is INCORRECT to display ALT as a tooltip when the graphic is also displayed. IE/Win got this wrong a long time ago and has now corrected it with IE7 in strict mode. ALT should be used as a simple alternate description. TITLE is intended for supplemental description, exactly as you suggest. Beautiful artwork. I need to spend more time admiring it. Serena,
(Sorry for the delay in posting your comment. I have comment moderation set on because some stuff is still getting by the Akismet filter.) Your Mac browsers are operating correctly, exactly as the W3C intended. The correct browser interpretation of ALT is to display it ONLY when the graphic itself cannot be displayed. It is INCORRECT to display ALT as a tooltip when the graphic is also displayed. IE/Win got this wrong a long time ago and has now corrected it with IE7 in strict mode.

ALT should be used as a simple alternate description. TITLE is intended for supplemental description, exactly as you suggest.

Beautiful artwork. I need to spend more time admiring it.

]]> by: Serena Rose http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-21071 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:41:43 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-21071 I am an artist and have a lot of graphics on my site. I use title and alt. My computer is apple osx and I use Safari 2.0.3 and IE 5.2 for Mac. On these browsers I don't see the (alt tool tips) on my site, but I do see the (title tooltips). I like to put descriptions of my art in tool tips. Since I don't have very much text on my site, taking advantage of the title elements allows me to give my pages more content. Since search engines don't see graphics I feel the information given in titles may be important especially since you can use them in conjunction with urls as stated previously. I also have a dell/windows running Millennium and IE version 6.0 and I can see both title or alt on that version of IE. I can't comment on what the screen readers speak in regards to my site but I hope it is not redundant or improper. Thanks for the information on this site. Serena Rose I am an artist and have a lot of graphics on my site. I use title and alt. My computer is apple osx and I use Safari 2.0.3 and IE 5.2 for Mac. On these browsers I don’t see the (alt tool tips) on my site, but I do see the (title tooltips). I like to put descriptions of my art in tool tips. Since I don’t have very much text on my site, taking advantage of the title elements allows me to give my pages more content. Since search engines don’t see graphics I feel the information given in titles may be important especially since you can use them in conjunction with urls as stated previously. I also have a dell/windows running Millennium and IE version 6.0 and I can see both title or alt on that version of IE. I can’t comment on what the screen readers speak in regards to my site but I hope it is not redundant or improper. Thanks for the information on this site. Serena Rose

]]> by: Jaipur Handicrafts http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-7063 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:03:35 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-7063 now only tittle tag play description and other meta tag has been ignored by the major search engine. although the content is the king of best position in top Search engine ranking. now only tittle tag play description and other meta tag has been ignored by the major search engine. although the content is the king of best position in top Search engine ranking.

]]> by: Indian Wedding cards http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-7039 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:34:39 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-7039 the title and alt tag palys a important role as the search engine read the title of the webpage and displays result of search keyword according to it. the alt tag on the other hand is used for images to know details about the image. the title and alt tag palys a important role as the search engine read the title of the webpage and displays result of search keyword according to it.

the alt tag on the other hand is used for images to know details about the image.

]]> by: Access Matters » Blog Archive » Sample quiz http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-6961 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:23:17 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-6961 [...] The previous quiz question asked about supplementing ALT text with TITLE text, and how it might affect assistive technology. As always, we find variations in how assistive technology handles the various combinations. I’ll leave the recap for later. Now, we’ll turn to a more comprehensive question and test case about TITLE text. As Joe Clark rightly pointed out, the previous test case was too simple. OK, Let’s try a more complete test. TITLE text can be applied to almost any HTML element, so that’s what I’ve done. [...] […] The previous quiz question asked about supplementing ALT text with TITLE text, and how it might affect assistive technology. As always, we find variations in how assistive technology handles the various combinations. I’ll leave the recap for later. Now, we’ll turn to a more comprehensive question and test case about TITLE text. As Joe Clark rightly pointed out, the previous test case was too simple. OK, Let’s try a more complete test. TITLE text can be applied to almost any HTML element, so that’s what I’ve done. […]

]]> by: Bob Easton http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-1519 Sat, 06 May 2006 19:50:11 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-1519 Ranking Directory, You asked about formatting TITLE and ALT attributes. (1) GOOD for you for calling them attibutes, not tags! (2) Can't be done. There are no presentation controls for attributes. Ranking Directory,
You asked about formatting TITLE and ALT attributes. (1) GOOD for you for calling them attibutes, not tags! (2) Can’t be done. There are no presentation controls for attributes.

]]> by: Ranking Directory http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-1249 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:21:32 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-1249 We've published several Webmaster Tips that discuss the importance of ALT text descriptions and the many uses for the TITLE attribute on links and images. After reading them, many subscribers asked what seems to be a simple question. How can I include formatting information and line breaks inside TITLE and ALT attributes? www.rdirectory.net We’ve published several Webmaster Tips that discuss the importance of ALT text descriptions and the many uses for the TITLE attribute on links and images. After reading them, many subscribers asked what seems to be a simple question. How can I include formatting information and line breaks inside TITLE and ALT attributes?

www.rdirectory.net

]]> by: Jaipur http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-1198 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 07:13:43 +0000 http://www.access-matters.com/2005/10/01/quiz-118-alt-text-or-title-text/#comment-1198 Answer is: A Alt text : The alt attribute specifies alternate text that is rendered when the image cannot be displayed. User agents must render alternate text when they cannot support images, they cannot support a certain image type or when they are configured not to display images. The alternate text is just that: alternate. In other words, it should be a textual alternative for the meaning of the image. It should convey the same thing as the image. Authors should not specify irrelevant alternate text when including images intended to format a page, for instance, alt="red ball" would be inappropriate for an image that adds a red ball for decorating a heading or paragraph. In such cases, the alternate text should be the empty string (alt=""). Authors are in any case advised to avoid using images to format pages; style sheets should be used instead. Authors should not specify meaningless alternate text (e.g., "dummy text") either. Not only will this frustrate users, it will slow down user agents that must convert text to speech or braille output. Answer is: A
Alt text :
The alt attribute specifies alternate text that is rendered when the
image cannot be displayed. User agents must render alternate text when
they cannot support images, they cannot support a certain image type
or when they are configured not to display images.

The alternate text is just that: alternate. In other words, it should
be a textual alternative for the meaning of the image. It should
convey the same thing as the image.

Authors should not specify irrelevant alternate text when including
images intended to format a page, for instance, alt=”red ball” would
be inappropriate for an image that adds a red ball for decorating a
heading or paragraph. In such cases, the alternate text should be the
empty string (alt=”"). Authors are in any case advised to avoid using
images to format pages; style sheets should be used instead.

Authors should not specify meaningless alternate text (e.g., “dummy
text”) either. Not only will this frustrate users, it will slow down
user agents that must convert text to speech or braille output.

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