Anyone who knows anything about web accessibility knows that images need alternative, or ALT, text assigned to them. This is because screen readers can’t understand images, but rather read aloud the alternative text assigned to them. In Internet Explorer we can see this ALT text, simply by mousing over the image and looking at the yellow tooltip that appears. Other…
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Sell Your Photographs Online For Fun And Profit
Photography is a great way to capture memorable moments and express your creativity, but did you know that some people will pay you for your pictures? The emergence of digital photography has made transferring pictures from one source to another very simple. Not only can you email and save pictures with your computer, but the quality of the images remains…
Keeping A Healthy Weight
These days, more and more people are placing importance on keeping physically healthy. This can be seen by the amount of people who are joining gyms and sports clubs, going on diets, and spending on private health insurance. One of the biggest areas of concern in this area for women is keeping a healthy weight, this is because it not…
Don T Overlook Alt Tags
What are ALT tags? ALT tags are the little rectangular boxes of text that appear when you place your cursor over an image. The text will be shown in browsers which cannot display images, or if the user has chosen not to view images. Some search engines use this text to capture keywords for the web-page. Audiences for ALT tags:…
Breaking Down And Analyzing Your Design
What a graphic designer usually does is to mix all the basic ingredients to reflect a particular mood or style in any color printing ad they create. The fonts, the graphic images, the design as well as the color – all of these elements are combined to come up with an ad that would definitely get your target readers’ attention.…
Abstract Art And I
I have always loved bright colors and movement, like dancing its healing, relaxing fulfilling and challenging as well. The bottom line is the feeling and message that I want to convey through the medium. When I paint, every attempt is to capture the feel of warmth, passion, joy and bliss in none objective or figurative composition. I enjoy experimentation of…
Apple Iwork 08 Review
The $79 iWork ’08 appears to be a good deal for anyone needing an affordable office suite for the Mac. Apple has finally added a spreadsheet application. At first glance, Numbers is an elegant no-brainer for anyone migrating from Microsoft Excel. In the past, many Mac aficionados bought Microsoft Excel because iWork lacked a spreadsheet application. However, with the addition…
Four Principles Of Basic Web Design
In this day and age where anyone, including a five year old, can use software tools to write a basic web page it is more important than ever to be aware of and follow some of the principles of basic web design. This list of web design basics is by no means definitive, there are many other issues that come…
Stargazing Through An Online Telescope
In today’s modern hi-tech world, we are able to converse with people half way around the world with a click of the computer mouse. The Internet has opened up a whole new world of information and communication. Well, the field of astronomy is no exception and has ushered in a new way of viewing the heavens – through an online…