Thanks Patrick. That answers my question, and reinforces the importance of employing clear, and concise link text.
Kind regards, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke Sent: Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 12:10 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Title attribute and screen readers Frank Palinkas wrote: > If I may follow on to Rebecca's query and based your reply, is it then > considered good practice (in general) _not_ to add title attributes and > values to hyperlinks? You can add them, but you must be aware that it's likely that screen reader users won't hear them by default. Also, sighted keyboard users will never see them either. You can add advisory/optional info in the title, but nothing that is critical to understanding what a link is/does. Most of the time, I find that it's better to ensure that the clearly visible link text is self-evident enough, and doing away with titles altogether. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re*dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ______________________________________________________________ Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________ Take it to the streets ... join the WaSP Street Team http://streetteam.webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________ ******************************************************************* 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] *******************************************************************
