- From: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:38:04 +0100
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: public-html-a11y@w3.org
hi gregory, I agree, it would be helpful if you are quoting out of context to provide a link to where this was said (http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9589) in the same discussion I also said in reference to title attribute display on images: "Captions should be displayed by default and be styleable and able to have semantics added, they should not be limited to a text string. We have a chance to do better than that in HTML5, lets not fetter the provision of captions to a broken attribute." regards steve On 26 April 2010 14:12, Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net> wrote: > Steve wrote: > > quote > For any focusable elements, I would suggest that the tootlip appears on > focus after a brief delay, windows OS does this (for example on t > the 'start' menu) > unquote > > ToolTip exposition is a technique ONLY -- title text can as easily be > rendered in the status bar or other reviewable screen area -- @title > does NOT equal ToolTIp... ToolTips are NOT part of -- nor should they > be -- part of a markup specification; they should be but ONE of many > exposition strategies used to present "discoverable metadata" > > this is a SERIOUS disconnect which i have attempted to challange within > the TF -- ToolTips are an implementation decision, NOT something to be > mandated by a technical recommendation, full stop. > > gregory. > -------------------------------------------------------------- > You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of > focus. -- Mark Twain > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita: oedipus@hicom.net > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/ > Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG Europe Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium www.paciellogroup.com | www.wat-c.org Web Accessibility Toolbar - http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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