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RE: title attribute of anchor tag

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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Feb 20, 2004 6:56PM

Hi all,

Window-Eyes doesn't read the title attribute on the link - as far as I can
determine. Reading this discussion is amusing - the problem described seems
similar the one that got a government agency (agency's web developer) in hot
water (from my perspective) as documented in
http://jimthatcher.com/whatnot.htm.

It would be helpful to see the site (page) but, in my opinion, if the "extra
information" is readily available when you get to the link, it would be
better just to leave things alone - without jumping through hoops of
invisible gifs and extra alt text.

Jim
Accessibility, What Not to do: http://jimthatcher.com/whatnot.htm.
Web Accessibility Tutorial: http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm.