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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Generating title for "link" element
Hello Bob & all, > I'm not clear that this customization to copy the link element's text > into the title attribute should be the default behavior. It was my > understanding that the title attribute was meant to add information > about the target of the link. It would seem to me that copying the > text of the link into the title attribute is not useful for that > purpose. I mean, the text is present in the link element, and would > be read by the screen reader. Duplicating that text in the title > attribute would be redundant, wouldn't it? Yes it would be redundant and highly undesirable from an accessibility point of view to have link text duplicated in title-attribute, esp. as default behaviour. I just have been getting up-to-date on this topic via accessibility lists and literature: Actually, the very best practice with links is to have a descriptive word or phrase as the visible link text (including an accessible indication if the link is site external). Since title-tag visibility is very variable between user agents (browser,screen reader + indiv. settings) and user requirements (e.g. low vision: title tooltip text doesn't resize), the information in title should, in the best case, be a dispensable bit of extra information. HTH Nathalie -- Nathalie Sequeira ************************ webseiten mit *n-faktor robust*benutzbar*barrierefrei www.n-faktor.net Türingstr. 6 6020 Innsbruck Mobil: 0650 224 3336 n@n-faktor.net
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