IE handles the ALT and TITLE attributes more sensibly than you might think.

It displays the ALT text (if available) when you hover your mouse over it only if there isn't a TITLE attribute defined (even an empty one).

Try this code:-

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Image Attribute Test</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="Alt" TITLE="Title"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="" TITLE="Title"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="Alt" TITLE=""><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" TITLE="Title"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif" ALT="Alt"><BR>
<IMG WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="50" SRC="img.gif">
</P>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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It helps if img.gif doesn't exist as it makes it more obvious what happens with the ALT text.

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In reply to Re: Re: Monk images at the top of the page (it's an attribute, not a tag) by Wysardry
in thread Monk images at the top of the page by castaway

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