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BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	alt="" vs title="" for links - 5/29/2005 0:19:45 Here is an interesting question. When do you use alt, and when do you use title? alt for images and title for links? IE uses alt, and other browsers use title. Would it be a good idea to use both? Or would using both be bad for SEO? _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge


d a v e Posts: 4194 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: alt="" vs title="" for links - 5/29/2005 1:50:35 i use alt for alternate text (i.e. images) and title for any additional info - such as links or just images. title is also useful for acronyms and abbreviations. this has some example of using both http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/Chapter06.html (and long desc, which i have never used yet!) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to BobbyDouglas)


Tailslide Posts: 6364 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: alt="" vs title="" for links - 5/29/2005 4:43:54 I use title for both images and links (and within the acronym tag). It is useful on images because the user may still want to see info on the image even when the image is displayed and some browsers won't show the alt tag when the image is shown only if it is switched off or absent. Longdesc will be great but doesn't have good browser support yet unfortunately. _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to d a v e)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: alt="" vs title="" for links - 5/29/2005 7:07:55 I use title on anything that supports it. I find it useful for both sighted and visually impaired as it brings up a tool tip containing your description. On images I also use alt. Longdesc is a different kettle of fish. It links to another page where you can give a full description of the image. As Tailslide says, it doesn't have a lot of support. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Tailslide)


BobbyDouglas Posts: 5479 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Arizona Status: offline	RE: alt="" vs title="" for links - 5/29/2005 15:25:22 Thanks. Longdesc is a new one to me _____________________________ Arizona Web Design - Mr Bobs Web Design in Arizona The Arizona Web Hosting Challenge (in reply to jaybee)


d a v e Posts: 4194 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: alt="" vs title="" for links - 5/29/2005 15:51:26 http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#adef-longdesc-IMG and http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/frames.html#adef-longdesc-FRAME ;) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to BobbyDouglas)