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From: Moore, Michael
Date: Aug 8, 2007 8:40AM

Steve Green wrote:

That's interesting Mike. A ZoomText user I have worked with has the
opposite opinion, and finds the tooltips associated with 'title'
attributes to be annoying because they cover a lot of the screen. It can
be difficult to get rid of them if you don't know which element they are
associated with.

Whether they are a benefit or a hindrance probably depends on the
magnification level (he uses x4) and whether speech is enabled (he only
uses it for long blocks of text).

Mike's response

You are right, it is always a balancing act. We have over 200 ZoomText
and Jaws users within our agency and we have to work hard to balance
things between the needs of users who use JAWS for screen reading, those
who use ZoomText for screen reading, and those who use ZoomText for
screen magnification only. Since it is relatively easy to move the
mouse away from the input causing the tool tip pop out in IE when titles
are used, we have chosen to use the title to support those who depend
upon the ZoomText reader. This decision was made after user testing
with many assistive technology users and the reccommendation of our
Accessibility Users Group, which is a standing committee of assistive
technology users, trainers, and technology experts.

Mike