Hi all, I'm looking for up to date info on title attribute behaviour & screen readers, especially where used on site global navigation.
As an example, http://www.e.govt.nz uses fairly long title attributes for the main navigation links, and this repeats throughout the site (i.e., not just on the home page). For example, "About e-govt" in the left nav has: <a href="http://www.e.govt.nz/about-egovt";> <span title="E-government enables people to use digital technology to find and use New Zealand government information and services.">About e-govt</span> </a> Main thing I'm wondering is, with a screen reader, if reading out of title attribute text is enabled, are you forced to listen to the full title text each time it is encountered, or can you skip over it? In the above example, the title attribute is applied to a span nested inside the link, rather than to the link itself - would this make any difference? (Comparing this to phone customer support or online banking services - some force you to listen to the full spiel about each option before you can do anything, others don't - they allow you to activate your menu choice without listening to the full explanatory message.) Or are most screen reader users not using title attribute text - some time ago there was an article published suggesting most had it disabled... Would appreciate any information anyone might have on how this works! Cheers, Rebecca ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
