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Re: title attribute as substitute for link text

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From: adam solomon
Date: Dec 5, 2010 9:45AM

Ok. I didn't pick up the words w/o images. So we are speaking about the
particular case of no images. I guess that also falls into the category of
not being accessible since no alternative content is supplied for the
picture (even though in this case the screen reader is not the problem).

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:40 PM, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Dec 2010, adam solomon wrote:
>
> > I don't understand the scenario. What does the mouse have to do with it?
>
> Sighted users need a mouse to access the title attribute of the link. There
> is no keyboard-accessible way in most user agents to have access to the
> title attribute.
>
> -Deborah
>