Re: [SEC508] alt attributes using Firefox on two sites

[Laura Harley <lharley@designinteractive.com>]

Don Barret--

I just checked the Access Board' site. The images are coded with the <title>
tag, which only IE uses and understands. Firefox and all Moziall-based
browsers don't understand the <title> tag.

The <title> tag looks and works just like the <ALT> tag, except that you can
put a <title> tag on any HTML element, not just images. So technically the
Access Board's site is not 508 compliant, in that no alt tags have been
specified for the images.

My 2 cents.

Laura

Laura Harley
Principal and Sr. Web Architect
Design Interactive LLC
Alexandria, VA 22302

Visit our Website: http://www.designinteractive.com



On 12/19/05 12:04 PM, "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@ed.gov> wrote:

> I have had an interesting inquiry from someone who is using Firefox and they
> say that the alt tags aren't showing up for the site www.access-board.gov, yet
> when the individual goes to the site http://www.w3.org/WAI/
> the alt attributes show up.  I have no idea if they are using AT or not.  Does
> anyone know if FF responds differently than IE to alt attributes?
> 
> 
> Don Barrett
> Section 508 Coordinator
> U.S. Department of Education
> (202)-205-8245
> don.barrett@ed.gov
>  
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