>So the ability to have the titles of links read out by screenreaders >can be influenced by a setting?
>Relying on that setting is dangerous, don't you think? If the users >have the reading of title attributes turned off, they won't hear any >difference between the links. In fact, no users of screenreaders I have >met so far could hear the title attributes. Good point Andreas, that is why i think that title attributes should be used with caution, if the text is important don't put it in the title attribute. plain text is best. Also remember that title attributes are device dependent, keyboard users cannot access them. A reasonable way around the issue is what they do on the age/sydney morning herald They have the heading as a link and and also a "more" link (both point to the full text of the article) Example: Police arrest possible sex attacker [11:30am] A Sydney rail commuter believes he saw someone resembling the identikit picture of a serial sex attacker. more it would be better if the more link had a title attribute, but the main point is that screen reader users have at least one clearly stated link to the article. In reference to to title content: I think it is better to have repeated words such as "more" or "full text" at the end of the title text rather than the beginning Examples: america has spoken - full text police arrest sex attacker -full text As when read out of context the important and defining information is "frontloaded" and allows easier identification of a particular link with a list of links. with regards Steven Faulkner Web Accessibility Consultant National Information & Library Service (NILS) 454 Glenferrie Road Kooyong Victoria 3144 Phone: (613) 9864 9281 Fax: (613) 9864 9210 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] National Information Library Service A subsidiary of RBS.RVIB.VAF Ltd. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
