RE: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Jens-Uwe Korff
> I don't see the point of the null alt strings. Consider e.g. sponsor images. You don't want to "pollute" your SEOed page with sponsor keywords, nor is it necessary from an accessibility point of view. Cheers, Jens The information contained in this e-mail message and any accompanying files

RE: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Jens-Uwe Korff
> The H1 should be used for the most important heading, usually the name of the page I second that. We used to have lots of logos in s too, and after a thorough SEO discussion we changed that to a . The now holds the page title. Cheers, Jens The information contained in this e-mail messa

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Darren West
ahhh hahaha thats brilliant!! Tom said: > How about a real 'attributes for dummies' reference?? are you writing a book? 2008/5/28 Tom Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Andrew Maben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On May 27, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Andrew Freedman

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Tom Livingston
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Andrew Maben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 27, 2008, at 3:43 PM, Andrew Freedman wrote: > > kate provided the following information on 28/05/2008 5:21 AM: > > The alt tag which is'nt really the right discription is really called the > attribute tag. > Kate > >

Re: [WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread Bob Schwartz
William, the select tag has a set width. There is a chance that IE is restricting the list to that set width and using this set width as the view port of the option list. Look it up. I suspect that is the problem also. I have been looking for a solution, but not getting anywhere, which i

Re: [WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread willdonovan
Hi Bob, not being on my main work station, I'll give it a try. the select tag has a set width. There is a chance that IE is restricting the list to that set width and using this set width as the view port of the option list. Look it up. From experience i also notice that IE (IE6 in particula

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Darren West wrote: There is the argument that you are changing the behaviour of IE, however wrong it is, it could be what users expect. I believe Jaws ignores empty attributes so all good there ... I do not think one should meddle with a browser's behavior in minor cases like "showing alt-text

Re: [WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread tee
Yup, I see it too. In IE, the option attribute inherits the select attribute. I tried adding a class and placed to the option, but doesn't work. tee On May 28, 2008, at 5:48 AM, Bob Schwartz wrote: tee, That seems to have brought FF around, but IE6 is still clipping. Bob On May 28, 2008

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Drew Trusz
On 5/28/08, Chris Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For a few years now I've been marking up a clients company logo as a . I > just wanted to get an idea of how many people actually do this compared to > using a html image tag? I believe a is more semantically correct > however I'd be interest

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 28 May 2008, at 13:39, Darren West wrote: Rick, what email client are you using? how do you get the 'on 28 may darren wrote ...' and the border-left on the quote? Cheers Darren Drifting OT now, but it's plain old Apple Mail. The border-left, as you call it, is just Mail's way of indica

Re: [WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread Bob Schwartz
tee, That seems to have brought FF around, but IE6 is still clipping. Bob On May 28, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Bob Schwartz wrote: Any way to get the other browsers (and especially IE6) to display like, or nearly like (I would be happy if IE6 was at least like FF), Safari? add width to opt

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Darren West
Rick, what email client are you using? how do you get the 'on 28 may darren wrote ...' and the border-left on the quote? Cheers Darren 2008/5/28 Rick Lecoat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 28 May 2008, at 12:53, Darren West wrote: > >> There is the argument that you are changing the behaviour of IE,

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Darren West
Rick Lecoat wrote: >I agree that that's an argument. But the counter-argument, to my mind, is that >I'm *correcting* the behaviour of IE through markup and css >(well, ok, not css in this case) to bring it into line with standards >compliant browsers, which is what we, ad web designers/developer

Re: [WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread tee
On May 28, 2008, at 5:19 AM, Bob Schwartz wrote: Any way to get the other browsers (and especially IE6) to display like, or nearly like (I would be happy if IE6 was at least like FF), Safari? add width to option attribute. #rht_col option {width: 250px; padding: 0 3px; } tee

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 28 May 2008, at 12:53, Darren West wrote: There is the argument that you are changing the behaviour of IE, however wrong it is, it could be what users expect. I agree that that's an argument. But the counter-argument, to my mind, is that I'm *correcting* the behaviour of IE through markup

[WSG] form select help needed

2008-05-28 Thread Bob Schwartz
If you go to http://www.bobstestplace.com/aahid/ using Safari on the Mac and click on either of the drop down form menus in the right column you will see the option list open below the form menu select in a window that is wide enough to view the entire name of each option. This seems to be

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Darren West
There is the argument that you are changing the behaviour of IE, however wrong it is, it could be what users expect. I believe Jaws ignores empty attributes so all good there ... 2008/5/28 Darren West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Seems like a good idea, any implications? > > > 2008/5/28 Rick Lecoat <[E

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Darren West
Seems like a good idea, any implications? 2008/5/28 Rick Lecoat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 28 May 2008, at 11:31, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > >> Me too. IE/win shows title-text on images when such exists, otherwise it >> shows the alt-text if such exists. > > For this reason I quite often use a null-v

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 28 May 2008, at 11:31, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: Me too. IE/win shows title-text on images when such exists, otherwise it shows the alt-text if such exists. For this reason I quite often use a null-value title attribute alongside filled-in alt text, simply because I don't *want* tooltips

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Ian Chamberlain
I fumbled with this for a while Chris but decided against it on the grounds that denotes the most important content on the page; the site ownerthe logo may think that his or her logo is the most important element on the page, I doubt any site users would agree. I know we have to be pragmatic

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Robert O'Rourke
Chris Pearce wrote: Hi, For a few years now I’ve been marking up a clients company logo as a . I just wanted to get an idea of how many people actually do this compared to using a html image tag? I believe a is more semantically correct however I’d be interested in seeing what other people

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Designer wrote: I'm getting confused now - on MY IE6, the title is displayed on hover, not the alt. I was originally testing with my standalone IE6, so I checked on my laptop, (with 'real' IE6) and got the same result! Me too. IE/win shows title-text on images when such exists, otherwise it

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Designer
Ted Drake wrote: Sorry but on hover, IE6 will show "this is a dog" and other browsers will show "oh no it isn't" -Original Message- Just to confuse the issue, as well as clarify it, this example: WILL show the message 'this is a dog' when hovered in IE, even when the image

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread David Dorward
On 28 May 2008, at 09:50, Michael MD wrote: I don't see the point of the null alt strings. A validator is a tool to help you ... its not the be all and end all - you need to interpret the results with a bit of common sense. It seems rather pointless and silly to just try to fool the validato

RE: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Ted Drake
Sorry but on hover, IE6 will show "this is a dog" and other browsers will show "oh no it isn't" If your tooltips are really that critical, use the YUI tooltip javascript to get cross-browser compatibility to display the title attribute. You can also style them. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/conta

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread James
Hi Chris, Here's a blog post I wrote a while ago with my view: http://www.digitaloverload.co.uk/blog/2007/11/23/more-semantic-logos/ James. Chris Pearce wrote: Hi, For a few years now I’ve been marking up a clients company logo as a . I just wanted to get an idea of how many people actual

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Designer
Jason Ray wrote: The information in the alt attribute will only display when the image is not available - [snip] The information in the title attribute will display when the pointer hovers over the object or image. Just to confuse the issue, as well as clarify it, this example: WILL show

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Michael MD
So what's the general consensus on the use of null or empty alt strings as per the reasons outlined in the article below? http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/accessible_alternatives.html I don't see the point of the null alt strings. A validator is a tool to help you ... its not the

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what's the general consensus on the use of null or empty alt strings as per the reasons outlined in the article below? http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/accessible_alternatives.html The choice between alt-text or no alt-text depends entirely on whether an a

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Adam Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally think that marking up the logo with an h1 tag is a bad idea - > is the company name really the most important aspect of every page? You > should reserve the h1 for the most important title on the page. Exactly.

Re: [WSG] Clarification: Is RTF accessible?

2008-05-28 Thread Rae Buerckner
Maybe we need the correct person from AGIMO on this list. Having said that the spec is probably based on Word up to 2003, which is the version most Departments would be using, I don't believe Vista has been released as a SOE to any Federal Government Department as yet. Cheers, Rae On Wed, May 2

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Lea de Groot
On Wed, 28 May 2008 17:49:21 +1000, Chris Pearce wrote: > For a few years now I’ve been marking up a clients company logo as a > . I just wanted to get an idea of how many people actually do > this compared to using a html image tag? I believe a is more > semantically correct however I’d be int

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Tony McNulty
Hi Chris, I've always done that too, it's always seemed to make the most sense here too. I've seen many sites that use image tags instead and do concede the point that without css, the logo could still be considered as worthy showing. I wonder if there would be a good middle ground with this.

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Michael MD
As i remember alt was short for alternative text, to describe images in a website. It is als yuseful for Search ENgine Optimization as its visible for them to also relate them to content, titles and other components of the page. text-only browsers display it. ... It's text for people w

Re: [WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Adam Martin
I personally think that marking up the logo with an h1 tag is a bad idea - is the company name really the most important aspect of every page? You should reserve the h1 for the most important title on the page. Cheers Adam Chris Pearce wrote: Hi, For a few years now I’ve been marking up a cl

[WSG] Marking up company logo

2008-05-28 Thread Chris Pearce
Hi, For a few years now I've been marking up a clients company logo as a . I just wanted to get an idea of how many people actually do this compared to using a html image tag? I believe a is more semantically correct however I'd be interested in seeing what other people on this list think. Ch

Re: [WSG] Clarification: Is RTF accessible?

2008-05-28 Thread Matthew Holloway
Rae Buerckner wrote: The following is from the AGIMO website. [...] The preferred format is HTML, followed by Word/RTF, and text. They should change this from "Word" to "doc" (because Word 2007 also includes docx and so "Word" is ambiguous). And obviously they should specify the version of d

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread lisa . kerrigan
So what's the general consensus on the use of null or empty alt strings as per the reasons outlined in the article below? http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/accessible_alternatives.html Lisa Kerrigan Website Editor www.business.vic.gov.au Department Innovation, Industry and Regional Devel

Re: [WSG] Alt versus Title Attribute

2008-05-28 Thread Michael Persson
As i remember alt was short for alternative text, to describe images in a website. It is als yuseful for Search ENgine Optimization as its visible for them to also relate them to content, titles and other components of the page. Michael kate wrote: The alt tag which is'nt really the right dis