Image Alt tags in Linux

[Jeremy Turner]

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 08:18, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> 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?

I'm using Mozilla Firebird 0.7 (definately the best Firebird yet).  To
see the alternate image text, right-click on the image, choose
properties, and it should be listed there in the window.  I thought it
used to have a tool-tip popup, but it doesn't seem to be working.

Jeremy

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