using an image as an img alt

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themacko

Barking at the moon.
ermm, yeah. Anyway here's the tag:

<img src="bubble.jpg" border="0" alt="bubble">

Is there a way to display an alternative image if the first one is not found? As in, instead of the word 'bubble'
 
the tag lowsrc="bubblelo.gif" (stick it into your IMG tag) will load bubblelo.gif first then bubble over the top, replacing it.
Generally, this is provided to allow for a preview on slower connections, but can be used in many tricksy ways. If you had, say, a page full of thumbnail pics, you could use a single low-src image that has your logo and the word "loading", perhaps with a little animation. It does look pretty cool considering it is a very basic HTML trick.
 
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