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Re: ABBR vs. just spelling it out.

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Mar 23, 2006 1:20PM

On 3/23/06, Alastair Campbell < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Yes, although I'm not sure if the general effect would be beneficial if
> it was done for all titles. E.g. some CMSs add titles to text links in
> navigation that simply repeat the text in the link. Very silly.
>
> Still, if it was just a 'bing' (I think "audio icon" is the appropriate
> term), or a quick verbal warning, even that wouldn't be too bad.


Could be done in aural CSS, yeah.

abbr[title] { cue-before: url("softbing.wav"); }

The browser would still need to support some way of reading it out, though,
on demand.

--Kynn