> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Dorman > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] Acronym tag usage >
> > Incidentally, it strikes me as somewhat silly to fuss about whether > to use an <acronym> or a <abbr> tag, when the two terms are > effectively synonymous, I'm not 100% sure this is the case, but what a screen reader _should_ do is to _read_ an <acronym> and to _spell out_ an abreviation. Even if that is not yet the case, it seems likely in the future, assuming that we all use the correct elements in the first place... Regards, Mike PS 'Initialism' isn't a tag - with good reason; it isn't even a proper english word! ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
