Alt-Text Not There!

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Alt-Text Not There!

Wasn't sure where to post this - so here goes.

I am a new mac user - I have noticed both safari and FF don't display alt text when hovering over images.

Looking at the same sites on my laptop I see alt-tex

I have scoured the prefs and cant find anywhere to set this.

Have scored these forums and can only find discussion about how to delay the display of tool tips which I know is a related subject.

Have re-set the displaydelay to no avail.

I bet this is gonna be so simple!

ML

IMAC 17, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 25, 2008 5:03 AM

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Answer 1

Barney-15E

Level 10

122,318 points

Oct 25, 2008 8:01 AM in response to Community User

The tooltips shows the title field by default. There is a hidden option to show the url, but none that I have seen to show the alt text.

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Answer 2

nerowolfe

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13,090 points

Oct 25, 2008 9:58 AM in response to Community User

Mark Lemezma wrote:
Wasn't sure where to post this - so here goes.

I am a new mac user - I have noticed both safari and FF don't display alt text when hovering over images.

It's not a browser requirement. Not all browsers will display alternate text. Some do, some don't.
Alternate Text is just that: It displays if your browser cannot display the image.

However, titles do appear with a mouseover on sites so programmed such as this:
http://www.bighappyfunhouse.com/

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Answer 3

Oct 27, 2008 2:13 AM in response to nerowolfe

Thanks for the response - are you saying FF and Safari do not display alt text?

M

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