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Re: ABBR vs. just spelling it out.

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Mar 23, 2006 12:00PM

On 3/23/06, Alastair Campbell < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Personally I like the idea because it provides an equivalent to the
> visual display. I think it might also be useful to do the same for
> images as well, as some have titles providing extra information.


Probably an even better GENERAL solution is for screen readers to provide
better support for tooltips of any kind that activate on hover or focus.

This would solve the "does the <abbr title> show up for people with
screenreaders like it does for those without?" problem, as well as several
other potential problems.

--Kynn