Re: debian gnu/linux

[peter karlsson <pk@mds.mdh.se>]

>  None, that's the point.  If you see an image w/o any description (like
> swirl or logo) you don't know, for sure, if that logo is something you
> want or should look at. All you know is it's "something" With a
> description, you can think,

The ALT tag is *not* meant to describe the image. It's there to be used *in
place of* the image. A logotype's function is to convey information on who
runs the business, it is not a means to itself.

Your description of the image ("Swirl logo") should go in the TITLE
attribute, not the ALT attribute. The same for links, this would perfectly
correct:

 <a href="miaow.html" title="My cat in the bathtub">Wet pussy - XXX!</a>

which would make a graphical browser pop up the string "My cat in the
bathtub" whenever I point to that link, or step my text-mode browser over
the link. Similarly

 <img src="debian.jpg" alt="Debian" title="Swirl logotype">

is replaced by "Debian" in text-only mode, and the text "Swirl logotype"
should be popped up if I point to the image in a graphical browser, or step
my text-mode browser over the image, or request verbose information or
whatever.

(The first scenario, <a title> is supported at least by Opera).

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