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Re: Usage of title attribute or hidden label

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Nov 6, 2013 9:12AM

Hey Jennifer, so that’s one article from a TPG employee saying don’t use the title attribute.

Here’s an article from another TPG employee saying DO use the title attribute ;) http://juicystudio.com/article/hidden-label-firefox-bug.php

I also disagree that the title attribute is bad and posted that comment on Steve’s article you linked to.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

On Nov 6, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> So, to those who are recommending the title attribute, I'm wondering
> whether this article from the Paciello Group is relevant, so may be
> worth considering. It's from January of this year:
> http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/01/using-the-html-title-attribute-updated/
>
> At 07:05 AM 11/6/2013, Don Mauck wrote:
>> I would think that the title attribute should work.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jyothi gogireddy [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 6:23 AM
>> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Usage of title attribute or hidden label
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have a scenario where I can't use visual text label does title
>> attribute to input field or a hidden label will be a better option
>> to implement as per accessibility guideline.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jyothi
>> Accessibility Consultant
>> >> >> >> >> >> >
> > >