- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:21:01 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Christophe Strobbe wrote: > At 17:40 22/11/2005, Patrick Lauke wrote: > <blockquote> > Keep in mind that Internet Explorer does not support ABBR... > </blockquote> > > What exactly is the evidence for this statement? > Does it mean that certain information is not in the DOM? That screen > readers can't access the title attribute of abbr because of lacking > support in IE (not the screen reader!)? Well, Gez and Jon covered the answer, but I'd add: even *if* abbr was in IE's DOM but the browser simply chose to completely ignore it, I'd contentiously ask from a pragmatic point of view: what use would it be then to the majority of web users if the browser didn't present them the expanded abbreviation in any useful form? Particularly if we're talking (like David's original remark) about "a learning or age-related impairment" - which does not automatically mean "they're using a screen reader"? -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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