- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 06:53:41 +0000 (UTC)
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007, James Jeffery wrote: > > It seems that in HTML 4.01 some browsers render the title attribute in > anchors as tooltips and assistive devices do not read them by default. > Now personally assistive devices should read the values within the title > attribute (of a link) by default. That's presumably an issue for the AT developers, though I have to say I'm not really convinced what you describe would be a good idea. > There was a case this week where a developer had his navigation at the > top of the page. A link from the navigation menu was labeled "My > Project". To someone using assistive devices they would have to read the > the page to find out what "My Project" was related to, afterall "My > Project" could mean: 'My Art Project' or 'My School Project'. How is that different to any user? > Will there be any method in HTML 5 to add extra information to > links/anchors that assistive devices can use? It's not clear what more information you would suggest should be included, or why it would only benefit users of assistive devices. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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