At the end of the day what are we trying to achieve by using these tags? Does semantically correct code take precedence over usability?
IMO, provided you are somehow offering a visible definition of the acronym or abbreviation - be it by use of a specific tag, or the ill-fated title attribute - I think you have achieved your objective. Frankly, at the moment it still seems that ALT and TITLE perform better cross-browser and also have the added benefit of not being mis-applied or misunderstood. Shoot me if you disagree but please, as is tradition, direct any personal abuse to me directly. :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of russ - maxdesign Sent: Wednesday, 14 December 2005 11:19 AM To: Web Standards Group Subject: Re: [WSG] Abbreviations and Acronyms > What makes more sense from the accessibility point of view? > What makes more sense from the semantic point of view? > > Or is this just a personal choice and has absolutely no effect > whatsoever on the end result? Am I over analysing this to death? > I wrote a long post on this subject a while ago which talks about Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms and Contractions: http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg@webstandardsgroup.org/msg15231.html A hotly debated topic... Also discussed at length here: http://juicystudio.com/article/abbreviations-acronyms.php Problems? 1. Internet Explorers does not support <abbr> 2. While some assistive devices have the ability to present abbreviations and/or acronyms, this feature often needs to be "turned on" - in other words it is not a default setting. Some users of assistive devices find this additional information too confusing and would be unlikely to turn on this feature at all. Russ ****************************************************** 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 ******************************************************
