Results/solution Re: Scripting needed to resolve live reference chat problem

[Keith Higgs]

The exceedingly simple end result (as pointed to by Peter Murray) is to 
always, Always, _ALWAYS_ include the height= and width= attributes in your 
img tags.

Many browsers do not render a table until they have all of the information 
they need to do the size formatting of all the cells. If you tell the 
browser what size your image is it can use this information to do the 
layout without actually receiving the image. Additional bonus: the page 
appears to load faster because the user gets other table content while the 
image either loads or fails.

This last (image fails) situation underscores the importance of the 
alt="Alternate Text" and longdesc="This is a picture of ..." attributes. In 
most browsers failure to load the image will display the ALT 
text.  Additionally, talking browsers can speak the content of the 
longdesc= for the benefit of your visually impaired users (important for 
ADA compliance).

Keith

At 09:47 AM 12/4/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>Hello Keith,
>
>Would you be will to share you responses?
>

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