Posted by Bergamot on 02/18/07 17:26

TaliesinSoft wrote:
> [commenting on my Ansel Adams website found at
> <http://homepage.mac.com/taliesinsoft/Adams/>]
>
> The description in the Freeway Pro help states....
>
> It is good practice to set meaningful alt (or alternative) text for each of
> the graphics on your site. This is displayed to users who choose not to
> display the graphics,

That's a misleading statement. The alt text is used for any situation
where the image is not seen, whether by choice or not. Anyway, in the
case of your page the alt text on the photos is not meaningful, nor is
the text "inset".

> and provides information that can help your site get
> indexed by search engines.

That's a big "maybe". Search engines tend to *not* index alt text,
except *possibly* for images that are links.

> As for enlarging text within the
> browser it seems that every website that I've tried that uses this technique
> does not apply it to all text

Sounds like you have a faulty browser. ;)

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Berg

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