Why would link title = link text?

• From: Bill Mason <w3c@accessibleinter.net>
• Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:50:31 -0800
• To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
• Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030331144845.00cc2400@accessibleinter.net>

I keep running into this and today I just couldn't hold the question in 
anymore.

Why would you bother setting the title attribute on an <a> tag to the same 
value as the link text of the <a> tag?

Example: just about every link on http://www.firstgov.gov/

Bill Mason
Accessible Internet
w3c@accessibleinter.net
http://www.accessibleinter.net/ 

Received on Monday, 31 March 2003 17:50:41 UTC