Title tags are missing
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Topic: Title tags are missing
Posted By: djlurchg
Subject: Title tags are missing
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 6:30am
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I was trying to figure out what some of the icons meant by hovering my mouse over the icons. Normally doing so will give an indication of what the icon/image represents. WWF8 doesn't. This is because the alt tag is being used. Neither Firefox nor Opera 9 pop up the alt tag. They use the title tag. The W3C has made it clear that the title tag is to be used for this purpose. Some of the images have titles, but several icons do not. |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 25 July 2006 at 8:50am
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Buttons that have what they are don't have title tags, buttons that are just icons do.
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Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 14 September 2006 at 2:30pm
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Borg: Just saw your reply. IE: alt values pop up on a mouse hover FF: alt values do not pop up on a mouse hover In the end, tool tips are appearing using IE but not FF. I consider this a bug. |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 14 September 2006 at 3:35pm
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If you call browser behaviour a bug then there isn't much than can be done about that except contact Firefox and ask them to chnage it. All toolbar icons use title tags so will pop-up what they are for in all browsers. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 14 September 2006 at 4:07pm
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In my applications I use TITLE tags and ALT tags. They have different purposes, but in practical usage, the TITLE tags are helpful for non-IE users. |
Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 12:04am
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This hasn't been fixed yet. Saying it is a Firefox issue and to contact them is ridiculous. IE is known far and wide for not adhering to standards. They are probably the worst offender of the the major browsers. |
Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 3:25pm
| The code police won't be checking my site so this is something that doesn't worry me too much. But this forum is by far the best piece of code ever put together to server a purpose (at no charge!!!!)... thanks Borg!!! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 3:28pm
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I'm sure title tags will be included in version 9
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Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 4:03pm
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javi: I'm with ya'. My code is far from technically correct. However, that is not the issue. Please re-read my original thread. This is a usability issue for non-IE users. borg brought the issue up the standards issue. It is helpful to use both alt and title tags due to different browsers treating them differently. |
Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 4:05pm
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javi: I am being notified of your posts, but they aren't appearing on the forum. Are you deleting them? |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 4:08pm
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The main GUI interface isn't due a facelift till version 9. This will be one of the main features of version 9, and completely new look with multiple skins supplied with the forum from default allowing the admin or users to select which skin they wish to use.
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Posted By: javi712
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 4:12pm
Yes, the discussion about W3C standards left me wanting to know the opinions of others, so I deleted my post here and opened a topic about it in the General Discussion area. This is a support thread and didn't want to turn it into a W3C standards discussion. |
djlurch wrote:Posted By: djlurch
Date Posted: 22 December 2006 at 4:15pm
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javi: Got it. Thanks :) borg: Does that mean you are going to include alt/title tags or does that mean you are putting me off. Either answer is acceptable. :) |