> [snip] ACRONYM and ABBR
I take a fairly simplistic view on this one:
1) Future standards only include ABBR.
2) Acronyms are a form of abbreviation.
3) For the sake of good writing, you should spell out the full term on
first use anyway. That covers bad browsers, too.
so, I just use ABBR fo
don't see why alt hasn't
been implemeted across the board for this purpose.
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As far
As far as I am aware acronym is deprecated in XHTML 2.0 in favor of abbr? Here is an article on it from Lars Holst which dates back to 2003, but I think that it is still very relevant.
http://larsholst.info/blog/index.php?p=14&more=1#more14-- __"Bugs are, by defi
G'day
Paul Noone wrote:
IMO, provided you are somehow offering a visible definition of the acronym
or abbreviation - be it by use of a specific tag, or the ill-fated title
attribute - I think you have achieved your objective.
Or even the traditional way: Web Standards Group (WSG) the first
t
. :)
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> What makes more sense from the accessibility point of view?
> What
> What makes more sense from the accessibility point of view?
> What makes more sense from the semantic point of view?
>
> Or is this just a personal choice and has absolutely no effect
> whatsoever on the end result? Am I over analysing this to death?
>
I wrote a long post on this subject a whi
Hi Kat, you've actually got your definitions in the wrong order.
An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAG.
It can be pronounced as 'wag' OR 'W.A.G', depending on your fancy.
An abbreviation is just that, the abreviation of a common word for the
purpose of brevit
