To Recap

Reasons to Slice:

• allows you to treat every portion of the larger graphic separately, giving you greater control over the information you provide a user
• ensures that all the text will appear if a user has graphics turned off
• it ensures that a screen reader will catch all the links and alt text
• provides same functionality as Image Map

Reasons NOT to use an Image Map:

• one large graphic with multiple hotspots may not get processed the same way as smaller graphics pieced to make a larger picture
• a user may be using a screen reader which catches only the first alt text embedded in the graphic, not the individual hot spots
• a user may be using a browser which displays only the first alt text in the single graphic when graphics are turned off

See . . . you can have your cake sliced and eat it, too!