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Re: Identifying link targets

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Sep 21, 2004 1:11PM

> No, the TITLE attribute should be regarded only as an optional hint,
> since this is how it has effectively been defined and implemented.
> The correct solution is to different link texts for links pointing to
> different resources, as required even by accessibility guidelines.

Fair enough, but I do think this is one of those areas where AT
accessibility clashes with non AT usability. Going back to the PDF vs. DOC
issue, my page would end up looking like this:

PDF: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of the Person/Conservator of the
Estate
DOC: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of the Person/Conservator of the
Estate
PDF: Notice of Hearing and Notice of Rights
DOC: Notice of Hearing and Notice of Rights
PDF: Physician's Statement in Support of Guardianship/Conservatorship (and
Re: Respondent's Inability to Attend Hearing)
DOC: Physician's Statement in Support of Guardianship/Conservatorship (and
Re: Respondent's Inability to Attend Hearing)

etc...

for a visual browser, this just makes all of my pages twice the size in
length and much harder to scan through. For a screen reader, it's easier to
distinguish between links, but there's still twice the number of links to
read through.

So, still thinking about a solution to this one... ;o)

-Darrel