- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:30:22 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, Jorge wrote: > > I am trying to make myself clear on how and when to use abbr, if at all, > specifically when it does not need expansion and hence does not a title > attribute. If you don't need expansion, then the only reason to use <abbr> is to have a styling hook (e.g. if you want to make your abbreviations small caps, or want to change how a speech browser reads out the abbreviation -- both of these would be controlled either via CSS, or by the browsers' default or user settings, or in heuristics similar to those you described). I haven't updated the spec on this matter; please let me know if you think the spec could be clarified in a helpful way here. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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