Re: LYNX-DEV question about [INLINE]

[Paul Gilmartin]

In a recent note, Joe Scanlan said:

> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 10:49:10 -0800 (PST)
> 
> A lot of pages use a graphic to display the number.  Often an odometer or 
> something equally decorative.  The designers of these sites often don't 
> bother to provide the number as text following ALT in the IMAGE tag.
> 
> Your right, it's not to complicated to provide the information but many 
> Web page authors don't.
> 
Doesn't this happen because an image can be external, whereas the ALT=
must be inline.  Is there any way short of CGI or frames of providing
a text counter?

-- gil
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