Posted by windandwaves on 07/02/07 23:15

On Jul 3, 10:48 am, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article
> <1183415318.639701.112...@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>
> windandwaves <nfranc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jul 2, 8:37 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > > If the picture is not
> > > available, then it is not as useful as it could be for the user
> > > of the web site to know to "click to enlarge, click to reduce".
> > > Perhaps you might be interested in using "title" for this, this
> > > way it could help folk be more curious.
>
> > Yes, totally agree. There are 170 images, I have to enter all the
> > images alts one by one, so I need time to do this. The images are
> > only there for colour, a bit of mystery,
>
> I understand this. And also the mystery bit and I like it. The
> use of title in the link would perhaps spoil the mystery. <a
> href="" title="click to enlarge, click to reduce" alt="..."> This
> brings up a little tool tip in many browsers with the text that
> you put in the title.
>
> About the alt text, when you get around to it (yes, rf, I did
> take a couple of alt text pills) considering the mysterious
> aspect, you could perhaps convey it by a slightly cryptic one:
>
> alt="A morsel that gets meatier with a little bit of mousy
> action"
>
> This would nicely be a replacement for those unable or unwilling
> to see images. You see, they would not see the morsel (the
> thumbnail) and would not see the enlargement either. But there
> would still be that ineffable sense of mystery conveyed. Even
> more so. In fact, as these alt text pills are starting to take
> stronger effect on me, I see that it may even be in your
> interests to recommend that people do not have images turned on,
> what about defaulting this situation via javascript and the spell
> of mystery enhanced... no perhaps this is a bit silly. I will
> from now on only take 1 alt text pill when discussing alt text.

what are these alt pills and where can I get them.....? I like your
idea about the mystery message, will have a think about that. Thanks
a million!

>
>
>
> > Thanks again for all your notes. You are cool!
>
> That is true, I have just turned on another bar on the heater.

Well, it is cold in NZ, but probably not so cold where you are -
right?

>
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> dorayme

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