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Re: client using title instead of alt on image.

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From: Moore,Michael (DARS)
Date: Apr 6, 2010 7:45AM

Patrick wrote " tooltips can, depending on length, cause some issues for sighted users
(with cognitive disabilities, or using screen magnifiers for instance)"

There is a split in our agency among screen magnifier users and their opinion on tooltips - many prefer the tool tips while others find them distracting and difficult to deal with. We try to keep them short. Just another example of a continuum of experience and preference. In practice we do not add title attributes to link text, attempt to have all links as actual text, and rely on the alt attribute to supply the tool-tip (in IE) for image buttons.

Mike Moore
(512) 424-4159