Even after comments in another thread by Alan J. Flavell,
I'm not sure I have this straight in my head, so any comments
or corrections are welcome :-)
If I have:
<p>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
</p>
and I change it to:
<p>
The quick <a href="fox.jpg">brown fox</a> jumped over the lazy dog.
</p>
I don't change the "brown fox" text, although the 'functionality'
or 'meaning' of the text has changed, in that it is now a link.
Although I have no experience with them, I can imagine a screen reader
reading both sentences the same way, depending on how, or if, links
are "highlighted".
If I have:
<p>
<img src="fox.jpg" width="50" height="50"
alt="brown fox" title="brown fox">
</p>
that shows a "thumbnail image" of a fox, and I use it
in combination with some text:
<p>
The quick
<img src="fox.jpg" width="50" height="50"
alt="brown fox" title="brown fox">
jumped over the lazy dog.
</p>
then am I correct in saying that there is no need, in terms of
best practices, to change the alt and/or title text?
If the "thumbnail image" of the fox is also used as a link
to a 'full sized' image of a fox:
<p>
The quick
<a href="foxlarge.jpg">
<img src="fox.jpg" width="50" height="50"
alt="brown fox" title="brown fox"></a>
jumped over the lazy dog.
</p>
should the alt and/or title text change?
--
Dave Patton
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