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From: Nancy Johnson
Date: Nov 18, 2013 6:09AM

Hi

I'm confused: When it is appropriate to use the title attribute. Can
someone clarify?

According to the following article it is ok to use it as an
alternative to the clip property
http://juicystudio.com/article/hidden-label-firefox-bug.php

This from w3c
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/H65.html


I've always stayed away from it because it is a mouse event and I
didn't think all screen readers read the title tag by default.

Thanks,

Nancy