Posted by Jib on 10/13/19 11:58

"Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> wrote in message
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> Jib wrote:
>
>> My site caters to different languages
>
> That would be easier to believe if you had posted a URL.

Your right! I actually made the whole story up! See kids what can happen
when you're bored...


>> and the site has directories
>> segregated by country,
>
> I thought you mentioned languages. Please do not try to get any further in
> multilingualism before you understand the difference between language and
> country.

Boy testy, aren't we? You are bordering on arrogance "Yucca".


>> however some of my images are in shared folders.
>
> That's really irrelevant to anything but your web site management, and it
> has nothing particular to do with multilingualism or alt texts.

You are trying to read way too far into this. You just don't get it.


>> I can't (or shouldn't) use 'one language fit all' approach
>> for my alt tags
>
> Just as you shouldn't use 'one language fit all' approach for your textual
> content. The alt text (called "alt tag" by people who don't know the basic
> concepts of markup) ...

Got me again! :)
I knew I should have posted a seperate thread to your attention inquiring
about the proper usage of HTML terminology before trying to bluff my way
through this one.
I hope I didn't confuse anyone else and didn't lose anyone in my obvious and
inexcusable blunder. I am so sorry folks. :(

>_is_ logically part of textual content, though you need to write it as an
>attribute value, due to an old mistake in the design of HTML.

You totally lost me by this time pal, I stopped reading your post after your
second insult. Go "help" someone that really needs it.

>
> --
> Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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