Mozilla Knows Best?

July 22, 2004

Mozilla Web Author FAQ

Why doesn't Mozilla [including Firefox] display my alt tooltips [in the IMG tag]?

Mozilla doesn’t display the alt attribute as a tooltip [snotty, arrogant reasoning deleted]....

There is another attribute that Mozilla shows as a tooltip: title. In fact, the HTML 4.01 specification suggests that the title attribute may be displayed as a tooltip. However, this particular display method is not required and some other browsers show the title attribute in the browser status bar, for example. [Opera's irritation.] ... [Mac and] Windows IE also show the title attribute in a tooltip.

So, all your IMG tags are going to require both alt=''something'' and title=''probably the same thing''. This will cause Dreamweaver users who rely on the Properties Inspector some grief (learn Ctrl+T, the Quick Tag editor). mjh
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