Wikipedia talk:Extended image syntax: Difference between revisions

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—[[User:Paul A|Paul A]] 02:14, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

:The software generates a sized-down image, so it's not just the big image scaled down by the browser. The image is stored on the web server, so it's generated only once to reduce performance impact. -- [[User:JeLuF|JeLuF]] 10:56, Jan 30, 2004 (UTC)

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From the text:<br/>

''"and the alternate text is used as alt=-attribute for use as mouse popup and for screen reader."''<br/>

No, no, no, no, ''NO''. The ''alt'' attribute is '''not''' for mouse popup text. The ''alt'' attribute sets '''''alt'''ernate text'' (''instead of'' the image); the ''title'' attribute is recommended for use as such things as mouse-over popups (''as well as'' the image). I'm glad to see the software seems to get this right, in as much as the ''title'' attribute is being set to the same thing as the ''alt'', but we really shouldn't be encouraging their perception as one and the same. I can see that for most wikipedia purposes a sensible caption will be suitable as both supplementary and replacement, but could the wording on this and any other help pages make clear that this is ''not'' the ''alt='' text. [Apologies for going off on a rant. I must be stressed.] - [[User:IMSoP|IMSoP]] 11:54, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)