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Posted by Lsimmons5 on 06/01/07 08:49
On Jun 1, 8:47 am, cwdjrxyz <spamtr...@cwdjr.info> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 2:02 am, "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorp...@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
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> > Scripsit cwdjrxyz:
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> > > Perhaps a working example will also help.
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> > So why don't you give one?
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> > > Go to the pagehttp://winefaq.hostexcellence.com/. Note the image at the
> > > bottom and
> > > the alt that goes with it.
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> > The alt text repeats the image caption. While that might be the least of
> > evils in some cases, it's hardly a working example of anything.
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> > > Click ENTER to go to the next page
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> > So you referred us to a pointless splash page. How about a working example
> > of something?
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> If you like pages that are mainly text, fine for you. However the
> entry page gives a brief statement about what the site is about. Below
> it cycles at random many pictures of great interest to lovers of fine
> wine. Seeing pictures of some very rare wines such as 1978 Romanee-
> Conti and DRC Montrachet, or the legendary true Tokaji Eszencia from
> the 1800s is of interest to many who like fine wine. It attracts them
> to read further by clicking the entry button. The net is now exploding
> into multi media. Some like that, and some do not. I find a place for
> it on a site such as this. I really care nothing about your opinion,
> to which you are entitled.
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> > > with links buttons and see how I wrote the alt for the buttons.
> > They are idiotic. Metaphorically speaking. Apologies to idiots; they cannot
> > help being idiots, but you could stop writing idiotic alt texts.
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> I just laugh at your apparent attempted insults. Why should I care
> what you think. I like buttons for a site such as this. I am hardly an
> idiot, as I received a PhD in physical chemistry at only 24 and have
> published in the area in top peer reviewed international scientific
> journals.
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> > "go button 1a" helps nobody. It's even more foolish than it looks like,
> > since it's a link, so its alt text is effectively the link text. How useful
> > do you expect such link texts to be?
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> > You could simply change the questions themselves into links and leave out
> > the stupid buttons.
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> I am quite aware of how to use a text link and would do so if I wanted
> to. I need no instructions from you.
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> I have reached a time in life when I don't care much what others
> think. No matter what you do, you can not please everyone all of the
> time, I do what I think best. I am not at all upset. You should see
> some of the difficult people I have had to deal with over the years -
> journal referees, journal editors, and government bureaucrats, among
> others. You soon have a fairly tough skin after dealing with some of
> these. How about showing us some of your best web pages in the style
> you like to write. You appear to have been writing pages for a long
> time, and many, including myself, might benefit by viewing the code.
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I am most grateful for all the comments and assistance I am receiving.
Firstly I should explain that, although I have constructed many
hundreds of web pages over the last 8 years, I am entirely self taught
and have utilised simple web authoring packages like Word, Frontpage,
Mozilla etc. I have a sparse knowledge of html but have relied on web
editors -- which I suppose is what the vast majority of html laymen
like myself utilise. Html validation is something I am trying to come
to grips with. I can now see the function of the ALT attribute -- but
it seems to me that if you have a row of buttons linking to different
pages on a website, then every button and gif/jpeg should have its own
separate description (and that would be a very time consuming
procedure). I refer you to a simple website I am currently
constructing that has, at the moment, numerous validation errors and
has the button links that I referred to: www.pleaselookitup.com
It would appear from the comments received that W3C approval can still
be obtained by simply choosing a non-descriptive ALT tag -- so what is
the value of W3C approval in this instance? Or have I totally
misunderstood the reasoning?
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