On 10/05/07, russ - maxdesign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The problem is that the <abbr> is poorly supported by IE5 and IE6. This means you may have to (1) revert to using the <acronym> element, or (2) place a span inside your <abbr> element and style this instead or (3) use JavaScript: http://annevankesteren.nl/2003/08/improved-styling-abbr-in-ie
Does anyone else here use Dean Edwards' technique? http://dean.edwards.name/my/abbr-cadabra.html Basically the premise is like so: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd";> <html xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> ... <style type="text/css"> html\:abbr, abbr { border-bottom:1px dashed #000; cursor: help; } </style> </head> <body> <!-- prefix the <abbr/> tag with the "html" namespace prefix --> <p>For example: This is an <html:abbr title="abbreviation">abbr</html:abbr>.</p> ... </body> </html> Although it's valid, the validator throws up an error. As far as accessibility goes, I'm not certain how it would be dealt with by screen readers. I'd be interested to know if there are any problems with the method that I've overlooked besides the validation error (which is apparently incorrect anyhow). Cheers, Sarah -- Sarah Isaacson Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/velvetsarah Weblog: http://www.velvet.id.au Not a work of art or a showcase of my design skills, just a place for me to put my thoughts and get on my soapbox sometimes! ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
