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When I use the alt attribute with img tag in Safari on Windows, instead of displaying the alternate text, Safari only shows a “?” in a box. Is this a bug in Safari on Windows, or Safari is missing this feature.
Every browser has its own magical way of rendering alternate text. It seems to be a standards issue, hopefully to be resolved in the future HTML5 specs.
IE, Firefox, & Opera render the alternative text inside IMG for broken images. Chrome & Safari also do this, but the text will be cutoff you unless you set the height/weight of the image.
Here is an excellent article on the issue (with screen caps that show how each browser renders the alt text).
http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/how-should-browsers-render-alt-text/
More screenies from the Paceillo Group’s blog…
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/misc/HTML5/alt-tests/screenshots.html
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=498