This page shows different browser displays of the following text:

which means W3C ... in 7 Points.

This phrase is typed "w3c ... IN 7 POINTS" (to be displayed in RTL mode "STNIOP 7 NI ... w3c"
 and put in the title element as well as title attribute.
The corresponding HTML source looks like:
<html dir="rtl">
<head><title>w3c ... IN 7 POINTS</title></head>
<body>
<span title="w3c ... IN 7 POINTS">w3c ... IN 7 POINTS</span>
</body>
</html>
(See http://www.w3c.org/Tests/BitiTitles/ for the sources)

The problem is that browsers act in LTR mode for the title element (and the title/alt attribute also)  even if the whole page is RTL (dir="rtl" in html tag)



 FireFox 1.0 IE 6.0 Opera 7.2
The Problem FireFoxe1.0, the problem IE 6.0, the problem Opera 7.2, the problem
Solution 1 FireFoxe1.0, solution one IE 6.0, solution one Opera 7.2, solution one
Solution 2 FireFoxe1.0, solution two IE 6.0, solution two Opera 7.2, solution two