Re: handling of HTML title attribute

Part of the problem here is the use of title.  Title should always be able
to be addative.  Link text is primary at all costs.  I should then be able
to have both title and link text in links list if that is my desire but I
should not have to have title in a links list if the link text primary is
provided sufficiently.  In other words, link text should be necessary, title
should be supportive.  I can or should be able to do with or without title
but refferably I would have it available to me through the ua/at/uaat.

Johnnie Apple Seed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johannes Koch" <johannes.koch@fit.fraunhofer.de>
To: <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Cc: <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: handling of HTML title attribute



Example:

Link Text: documentation on some topic
Advisory information: this document requires an ABC plugin

Markup according to HTML spec:
<a href="http://www.example/" title="this document requires an ABC
plugin">documentation on some topic</a>

visual: _documentation on some topic_ [this document requires an ABC plugin]

spoken [only content]: "documentation on some topic"
spoken [only title]: "this document requires an ABC plugin"
spoken [longest]: "this document requires an ABC plugin"
spoken [content and title]: "documentation on some topic. this document
requires an ABC plugin"


Al Gilman wrote:

> Writing the 'title' attribute for the list-of-links view and the link
> text for the GUI view is simple for the author to understand and do
> right.

So the title attribute does not contain only advisory information, but
all required information for the link.

Markup according to you:
<a href="http://www.example/" title="documentation on some topic (this
document requires an ABC plugin)">documentation on some topic</a>

visual: _documentation on some topic_ [documentation on some topic (this
document requires an ABC plugin)]

spoken [only content]: "documentation on some topic"
spoken [only title]: "documentation on some topic. This document
requires an ABC plugin"
spoken [longest]: "documentation on some topic. This document requires
an ABC plugin"
spoken [content and title]: "documentation on some topic. documentation
on some topic. This document requires an ABC plugin"

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