HTML img tag: title attribute vs. alt attribute?

Question

I was browsing Amazon and I noticed that when searching \"1TB\" if you hover the mouse cursor over the stars rating image, you only see the score if using IE. If you are u

Answer 1

I'd go for both. Title will show a nice tooltip in all browsers and alt will give a description when browsing in a browser with no images.

That said, I'd love to see some stats of how many "surfers" out there going to a "store" to browse merchandise actually have images turned off or are using a browser that doesn't support images. I think the days where 90% of the population is using a 28k modem to connect to the InterWeb is looooong over.