> You have given a good reason, still, I think that criteria should
> have room for flexibility (just as George has given the same reason)
> because, link texts in the articles aren't the same and the excerpt
> of the article should have given enough information for a user
> (including screen reader user) whether he wants to continue reading
> the full article. If my argument is prudent, I think validator should
> have something like

Tee, 

I apologise if I misread your original post.

You mentioned a "...'continue reading' link..." and then mentioned "...more
than one title attribute with 'continue reading'...".

I assumed you were referring to the content of the link being the same for
each link - like this:
<a href="" title="continue reading">continue reading</a>
<a href="" title="continue reading">continue reading</a>

However, you may have been referring to the content of the title attribute
only - like this:
<a href="" title="continue reading">Unique content</a>
<a href="" title="continue reading">Some other content</a>

If this is the case, then I agree with Gunlaug - that this is much less of
an issues. The title is designed to provide additional information, and is
rarely used by assistive devices.

As you say, Steve Faulkner has raised issues with the title attribute - even
though his original article is not online, he gives a brief summary here:
http://webstandardsgroup.org/features/steve-faulkner.cfm#seven

"due to its present support in browsers, it can actually add to making
content less accessible."

Guideline 13.1 states that "Link text should be meaningful enough to make
sense when read out of context." It goes on to say "In addition... content
developers may further clarify the target of a link with an informative link
title". To me, this implies that this title is not essential. It could also
be interpreted that as long as your content is meaningful and unique, you
should pass this checkpoint. Someone with a deeper understanding of this
checkpoint may be able to clarify this!

Again, apologies for misreading and for any confusion.
Thanks
Russ





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