- From: Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes@stommepoes.nl>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:50:06 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:48:18AM -0800, contact@thecodeplayground.net wrote: > The weak point here is exactly the fact that the "title" attribute is > not usefull for AT users, or keyboard users or touch-screen users... > and then we have to "force" things a little bit, by using "alt" for > other things then giving a textual alternative. > It won't be a problem, of course, if explaining a link by the "alt" > attribute would only help screen-reader users or users not loading > images. > Sometimes, when a title is simply absolutely necessary, in the front- end we'll use a span and position it offscreen and bring it back on focus/hover. It can act like, and be styled like, a title. Unlike title it can be made accessible to all (for touch you'd figure out whatever it use touch interfaces normally use to give title-like information to users... I don't use a touch screen so I don't know what the prevaling technique is). -Mallory
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