Test page for spaces

note that i just grabbed an image (the w3c logo) and am using it as a "spacer" just to test the idea.

1.a bc - alt=" "

2. abc - alt=""

3. a bc - alt=" "

4. aw3cbc - alt="w3c"

Browser results

Opera 3.6 Win98 (images not loaded)

  1. place holder displayed, text displayed as "a bc"
  2. no place holder, text displayed as "abc"
  3.   displayed, text displayed as "a bc"

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Win98 (images not loaded)

  1. place holder displayed, text displayed as "a[place holder graphic]bc"
  2. place holder displayed, text displayed as "a[place holder graphic]bc"
  3. place holder with   displayed, text displayed as "a[place holder graphic  ]bc"

Lynx 2.8.lrel.2 (1998)

  1. no place holder text, text displayed as "a bc"
  2. no place holder text, text displayed as "a bc"
  3.   displayed, text displayed as "a   bc"

Netscape Communicator 4.7 Win98 (images not loaded)

  1. place holder displayed, text displayed as "a[place holder graphic ]bc" (notice the space).
  2. place holder displayed, text displayed as "a[place holder graphic]bc"
  3. place holder with   displayed, text displayed as "a[place holder graphic  ]bc"

Last modified: $Date: 2000/11/08 08:30:17 $ Wendy Chisholm