Image Alt tags in Linux

[Brian Densmore]

Mozilla: right click and select properties.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins at tarcanfel.org]
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:18 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Image Alt tags in Linux
> 
> 
> I came across a web site that uses the "ALT" tag for images 
> to provide price 
> information.  The image used is consistently a dollar or euro sign.  
> 
> In MSIE all I have to do is roll my mouse over the image and 
> the ALT tag text 
> comes up in a little box, so this works nicely and subtly.
> 
> I can't seem to find this feature in any of the browsers on 
> my Mandrake system 
> though - Konqueror, Galleon, Mozilla, and Epiphany all refuse 
> to display the 
> tag.
> 
> I guess this is three questions: 1) Is there a way to enable 
> this behavior in 
> any or all of the above browsers, 2) Is there a browser for 
> Linux that will 
> allow it to be enabled, and 3) is there another way to access 
> this info from 
> any Linux browser?
> 
> 
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