- From: david poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:39:00 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "David R. Stong" <drs18@psu.edu>
uaag was meant to address the untill clauses in wcag 1.0 in part at least. Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "David R. Stong" <drs18@psu.edu> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 4:19 PM Subject: Re: The title attribute is 99% bad Jesper wrote: "Until user agents render the title attribute in such a way that...<snip>...web content authors must not rely on the title attribute for supplying additional information... <snip>" >Kynn responded in part: "This is a bad suggestion, not to mention a >misguided one." I like the spirit of Jesper's comment; it points out that the title attribute is rendered differently in different browsers, and if relied on to provide access, may as yet, not succeed. Kynn's brief response sent me to the standards to check a few things. I believe Jesper points out a real problem, but Kynn seems to be correct. The HTML Techniques standards clearly state the title attribute is used for supplementary material. There is an editorial note: "It is expected that the Techniques Gateway will define what "supplementary information" is and how it should be used." I think this places a share of the burden on the user agent, which is addressed in the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines as "Render conditional content." <http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-UAAG10-20021217/guidelines.html#tech-conditio nal-content> I can't seem to find a parallel to the opening phrase "Until user agents..." in the User Agent guidelines; a guideline that begins, "Until Web designers start...". Seems to me like the WCAG 2.0 standards are heading in a good direction. -- David R. Stong Microcomputer Information Specialist (Graphic Designer), Education Technology Services, a unit of Teaching and Learning with Technology Information Technology Services The Pennsylvania State University Phone 8148651843 212 Rider Building II 227 W Beaver Avenue State College, PA 16801-4819 Working for Universal Design: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/accessibility
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