- From: Derek Featherstone <feather@wats.ca>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:55:16 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:35 AM, Matthew J. Giustino wrote: > Just for clarification, you are saying that "longdesc" may be more > appropriate to use than the "title" attribute? No, actually... Patrick is referring to is the fact that just because you use a title attribute, and it provides some additional "advisory information", there is no guarantee that the information in the title attribute will be delivered to people using screen readers (because of verbosity settings) or people who use the keyboard for navigation (because the tooltip doesn't show for keyboard uers). Therefore, at least consider whether or not the information should be tucked away quietly in attributes or if it should be made actual content (where it is feasible to do so). For further reading/consideration on the topic: http://wats.ca/articles/hiddeninformation/63 Best regards, Derek. -- Derek Featherstone feather@wats.ca phone: 613.599.9784; toll-free: 1.866.932.4878 (North America) Web Accessibility: http://www.wats.ca Personal: http://www.boxofchocolates.ca
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