Re: H33 sufficient technique for 2.4.4?

Thank you for reviewing my comment and responding. Yes indeed I too suggest use of the title attribute in those circs. listed in your email. I am glad a new note is being added to the SC. On Mon, 12/1/08, Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com> wrote:

> From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com>
> Subject: Re: H33 sufficient technique for 2.4.4?
> To: "Sailesh Panchang" <spanchang02@yahoo.com>
> Cc: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 6:04 PM
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Sailesh Panchang
> <spanchang02@yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> > The How to meet WCAG2.0 states H33 as a sufficient
> technique for SC 2.4.4 -
> > link purpose.
> > "4. Providing a supplemental description of the
> purpose of a link using one
> > of the following techniques:
> > • H33: Supplementing link text with the title
> attribute"
> >
> > However the description for H33 does not support this.
> In fact one is
> > cautioned against using this technique:
> > "Because of the extensive user agent limitations
> in supporting access to
> > the title attribute, authors should use caution in
> applying this technique.
> > For this reason, it is preferred that the author use
> technique:
> > C7: Using CSS to hide a portion of the link text  or
> > H30: Providing link text that describes the purpose of
> a link for anchor
> > elements ."
> >
> >
> > The How To techniques doc needs to be amended to
> reflect this note of
> > caution. H33 should be made an advisory technique.
> > Thanks,
> > Sailesh Panchang
> > spanchang02@yahoo.com
> > www.deque.com
> >
> 
> 
> ================================
>  Response from the Working Group
> ================================
> 
> Despite all its limitations, the working group feels it is
> important to
> retain this technique for those situations where it does
> work. For instance,
> screen readers will read the title text in cases where
> there is no link text
> for the link but only a title attribute. This seems
> especially important for
> authors who want to rely only on HTML, so they cannot rely
> on C17. We will
> encourage user agents and assistive technology to provide
> better support for
> this use of the title attribute.
> 
> Another example where this commonly occurs is with highly
> structured content
> such as a blog or a content management system. In these
> situations, similar
> links are often repeated with multiple similar
> "chunks" of content. For
> example, a home page for a blog might include 15 posts,
> each with a series
> of links related to the number of comments received and the
> categories under
> which the entry was filed. Each entry might include a
> series of links like
> "No comments," "1 comment" etc. where
> the title attribute says something
> like, "Comment on {title of blog post}. 1 comment
> received." Additional
> links that relate to the category the item is associated
> with might include
> "General," "Work," "Family"
> where the title attribute says something like,
> "Read all posts in the {category name} category."
> 
> We will be highlighting the technique's limitations by
> adding the following
> Note to Understanding SC 2.4.4:
> 
> "Note: Because of the extensive user agent limitations
> in supporting access
> to the title attribute, authors should use caution in
> applying this
> technique. For this reason, it is preferred that the author
> use technique
> C7: Using CSS to hide a portion of the link text  (CSS) or
> H30: Providing
> link text that describes the purpose of a link for anchor
> elements (HTML) ."
> 
> Could you let us know by Monday, December 8 whether you are
> satisfied with
> our resolutions? If that date is not possible, please reply
> to this message
> indicating when you will be able to respond.
> 
> If we do not hear from you by Monday, December 8, we will
> assume that you
> are satisfied with the responses to your comments.
> 
> Thanks again for the interest that you have taken in these
> guidelines.
> 
> Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
> Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
> Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact
> 
> 
> On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

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