WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: ABBR vs. just spelling it out.

for

From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Mar 22, 2006 8:30AM

On 3/22/06, Penny Roberts < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Because the full form may be very long. I wouldn't want to read the
> full form every time and I certainly wouldn't want to hear it every time.


Then why are people assuming that it should be included in <abbr> every
time?

Surely current user agents AREN'T smart enough to go "okay, I've already
read this, so I won't read the <abbr>'s title out loud this time."

The suggestion was given "spell out the whole thing, and then use <abbr> on
all subsequent appearances." But that proposal leads to something which you
(Penny) admit is undesirable. Is this really "increased accessibility" or
is it subjecting blind folks to something which is unpleasant?

--Kynn