Comments on: Flickr: combining ALT and TITLE for images http://blog.forret.com/2006/09/flickr-combining-alt-and-title-for-images/ Tango, photography and whatever's bleeding edge Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Pascal Van Hecke http://blog.forret.com/2006/09/flickr-combining-alt-and-title-for-images/comment-page-1/#comment-9468 Pascal Van Hecke Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:16:49 +0000 http://blog.forret.com/2006/09/flickr-combining-alt-and-title-for-images/#comment-9468 Dunno the answer, but since the img alt and the a title serve different purposes, they should read both... img alt is meant for when the img is _not_ displayed, as an _alternative_. There's no need to display the alt text when the image is shown (which is why Firefox doesn't do it). The funny thing indeed is that Flickr takes advantage here from an incorrect implementation of the img alt attr in IE... By choosing the image description for alt and "photo sharing" for the link, Flickr pleases both the 90% IE users (that see the description pop-up) and teach the search engines (ànd Firefox, ànd probably screen readers) that the linked site is all about photo sharing... Dunno the answer, but since the img alt and the a title serve different purposes, they should read both…

img alt is meant for when the img is _not_ displayed, as an _alternative_. There’s no need to display the alt text when the image is shown (which is why Firefox doesn’t do it).

The funny thing indeed is that Flickr takes advantage here from an incorrect implementation of the img alt attr in IE…

By choosing the image description for alt and “photo sharing” for the link, Flickr pleases both the 90% IE users (that see the description pop-up) and teach the search engines (ànd Firefox, ànd probably screen readers) that the linked site is all about photo sharing…

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