[alt="txt"]

The alt tag is not meant to display the text on hover, the alt tag is there to provide information about the image for those who cannot see the image. IE just does its own thing - as usual.

 

Per W3S- http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_img_alt.asp

 

Yes technically you are right.

However when U are doing a course and things dont happen as per the instructors illustrations then one

tends to think that you have a problem or created a problem.

 

So having researched I decided to share my findings so that other newbies dont get stuck like me.

 

Tks

[alt="txt"]

For a beginner I must say that this is one of the best way to learn.

 

I thought I would make this post as I was caught for quite a while using alt="txt" and the hover did not work.

 

Found a lot of other people on internet having the same problem.

 

I use Mozilla browser and this browser does not display the hover, if you use Internet Explorer it works fine.