What is Quick Capt?

Quick Capt is an easy to use JavaScript to covert the alt attribute of image tags into a CSS customizable div. It can also replicate all of the alt attribute's into title attributes for quick tool tip text as well. The advantages to using Quick Capt is four fold:

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  • No Redudant Content - You don't have to put the content in both the alt tag and in the html, resulting in redudant content.
  • Save Load Time - Reduce the amount of load time on pages with a significant number of images (the javascript is a mere 1,007 bytes! In most cases that is less than it would take to wrap your images with an additional div and caption.
  • Encourages ALT use - Helps remind you to use your alt tags, which in turn helps those using screen readers and other accessibility tools.
  • It's free - No reason not to use it.

Downloading Quick Capt

You can download Quick Capt in a zip file from the following locations:

Current Versions (0.7.3.2)

Compatibility

QuickCapt's is known to work in the following browsers:

  • Firefox 2.0.x
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Internet Explorer 6

What the Zip Includes

  • Source Javascript Code (in case you want to improve it)
  • Compressed Javascript Code (What you should use to replace alt attributes)
  • Sample HTML File (For quick demonstration)
  • Sample CSS File (For quick demonstration)
  • Sample Image (For quick demonstration)
  • Readme File (For instructions)

License

Quickcapt is licensed under the CC-GNU LGPL <http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/>

Sites that Use Quickcapt

Future Features

We are always looking to improve QuickCapt, so keep coming back to see more improvements. If you have something you would like to see added sooner than later, email Justin at justin@jrcorps.com.

Justin and his Frog

About the Author

Justin Gehring is a computer programmer in Woodbury, Minnesota. He enjoys seeing the web flourish with creativity, and hopes that he will one day give back something worth giving back. He spends all his time working on improving his programming skills while his design skills continue to lack (see this site). To learn more about Justin, you can visit his blog at http://www.rinsefirst.com