People with assistive technologies rarely benefit from 'title' attributes. They are not displayed by text browsers, they are not accessible using keyboard navigation (or devices that emulate keyboards) and they are not read by screen readers with default settings. They are only accessible to someone who uses a mouse and can hover it over the link, in which case it is not particularly difficult to go the extra step and click it.
On top of that, excessive use of tooltips of any kind causes an obstacle for screen magnifier users, as they obscure a large proportion of the page even at relatively low magnification levels. So I have users very much in mind when I recommend that 'title' attributes should be used as little as possible. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Jeffery Sent: 18 November 2007 10:32 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] AccessResearch // Page Check On Nov 18, 2007 1:19 AM, Patrick H. Lauke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Jeffery wrote: > >> Not every anchor needs extra advisory information, so I don't see > >> an issue here. > > > > The title attribute is optional, but a title can help to clearly and > > accurately describe a link and for a website thats based around > > accessibility he should be using the title attribute where needed. > > But his links don't need it in this case. > So your saying that before a user reads the content of the home page they are expected to know whats on the "My Project" page? Keep in mind users who use assistive devices to browse the web might find it very difficult to navigate to other pages. You could sum up the page contents in the title so it saves the user clicking the link. Adding clarity when possibly needed is a good thing. </overAndOut> ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
