Some screen readers also choose between title or alt and read only the first available of the two attributes in both are present.
Grant Focas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of russ - maxdesign Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2005 11:48 AM To: Web Standards Group Subject: Re: [WSG] Click here--reference I've been "completely off" on many occasions. However, I'd be wary of any definitive statement, especially in the area of accessibility. While we all crave right and wrong answers, there are often many shades of gray. :) While blind users are not the only target audience for title attributes, there is growing evidence that this attribute is very poorly supported on the <a> element by many screen readers. For example, JAWS allows users to read the title attribute within <a> elements but only if users change their setting in "verbose" mode. I've spoken to blind users who were either not aware of this setting or deliberately do not use it as it is simply too much information. Steve Faulkner has been doing detailed research in this area and will be presenting his findings and recommendations at WE05 next week - "The title attribute - What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!" http://www.we05.com/program.cfm Derek Featherstone also raises doubts about the title attribute here: http://webstandardsgroup.org/features/derek-featherstone.cfm#myth "Consider a simple technique like adding title attributes to links. Despite the fact that we may use the attribute correctly, the effectiveness of doing so is unknown. Yet we take it for granted that it helps." Peace Russ > You guys are completely off here. Links are supposed to be like this: > > Get < a href="http://www.url.com"; title="Link to download Amaya, the W3C Web > Browser for testing">Amaya< /a> > > Links without titles are already inaccessible, regardless of context. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. ********************************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
