Can you place the acronym tag within an ALT or TITLE tag though? Dont think you can.
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:25:22 +1100, Cook, Graham R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would recommend the acronym tag eg <acronym title="Australian Mutual > Provincial" >AMP</acronym> > > I usually assign this style > style="CURSOR: help; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px dotted" > > Graham Cook > > Standards Manager - Content Integrity > Data & Online > Telstra Technology > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Herrod, Lisa > Sent: Thursday, 9 December 2004 2:19 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [WSG] alt or title... > > how about using a space between letters instead of a 'stop'. eg A M P ? > > lisa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web Usability [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 2:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [WSG] alt or title... > > From my observations the inclusion of a full stop at the end of an alt > tag is not really necessary. > > However, if you use initials in the alt that you want be read out as > separate letters then it is essential to put a full stop after each > letter. > EG alt="AMP newsletter" will be read as amp newsletter (as in > electricity). > You should write it thus - alt="A.M.P. newsletter" > > BTW screen readers will even try to make words out of nonsense grouping > of letter such as GST > > Roger > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Andy Kirkwood | MOTIVE > Sent: Thursday, 9 December 2004 1:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [WSG] alt or title... > > Does anyone have a (ideally substantiated) approach to use us of the > fullstop/period in alt tags and/or title tags? > > e.g. alt="My goldfish" title="On holiday in Spain", v.s alt="My > goldfish." title="On holiday in Spain." > > Seem to recall mention of screen-readers requiring the punctuation in > the same way that an in-text list of hrefs require a non-linked > separating character. > > All conditional considerations welcome... > > -- > Andy Kirkwood | Creative Director > > MOTIVE | web.design.integrity > http://www.motive.co.nz/ > ph: +64 4 3 800 800 fx: +64 4 970 9693 > mob: 021 369 693 > 93 Rintoul St, Newtown > PO Box 7150, Wellington South, New Zealand > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > -- Website Designer/Developer www.nataliebuxton.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
