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Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
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Oops, I forgot. Don't forget the old folks. Pictures of those who served in 
the World Wars are also welcome. My father is the first picture in the ranks 
of the earlier wars, and I hope to pick up a picture from my neighbor this 
afternoon.

Anne

Anne Pemberton
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Excalibur131" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: Veterans Day


> ***Mozilla Firefox and the alt Attribute***
>
> If you use the alt attribute in Firefox on images and image maps the text 
> will not show on mouse-over as in other browsers.
>
> Firefox uses the alt attribute the way it's meant to be used, like an 
> alternative text if the image won't load, not as a mouse-over text.
>
> Firefox does support mouse-over comments on images or image maps if you 
> use a title attribute in the <img> tag.
>
> E.g. <img src="image.gif" alt="bla" title="bla bla bla"
>
> Hope this provides an answer :-)
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anne Pemberton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Veterans Day
>
>
>> Thanks, Diane,
>>
>> According to the stats, I don't have many users from Foxfire, and wonder 
>> why their browser does not pick up the alt tag information. The alt tag 
>> information was put there specifically for the blind and those who travel 
>> the net without displaying pictures. Dreammaker does not have a place to 
>> includ the title information - it will require (ugh) hand coding.
>>
>> But, thanks for the heads-up!
>>
>> Anne 

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