[WEB4LIB] ALT Tag Weirdness

[Rachel Ban]

Erin, We have found that Netscape is in consistent in its ability to
display ALT tags.  We are also on a UNIX server with Apache.  I would be
interested in knowing if this is true for those using some other operating
system on their web server.

rachel


On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Erin Kinney wrote:

> Fellow Web4Lib'ers,
> 
> I would like to call upon the collective wisdom of the group to help me with this strange ALT tag problem.  I have a client-side image map that I created in HomeSite 4.5.1 (on a Windows NT 4.0 machine), and the ALT tags for the hyperlinks show up fine in IE 5 and Lynx (version 2?), but they do not show up in Netscape 4.7 and 6.  I have validated the code using several different programs and it comes out fine.  The hyperlinks work, so problem is really just an annoyance.
> 
> The page is: http://will.state.wy.us/pilot/index.html  and it is loaded on a Unix server using Apache.
> 
> Any insights would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Erin Kinney
> Electronic Resources Librarian
> Wyoming State Library
> http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/sis/
> 
> 
> 

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