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Re: Adding a label to search box

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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Apr 13, 2006 3:30AM

>> WRONG! For form controls title is totally reliable. You are transferring the
>> unreliable behavior of screen readers for titles on links to that for titles
>> on form controls.

I sure was.

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> title attribute is perfectly reliable with JAWS and with Window-Eyes - and
> HPR, by the way.
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Thanks for that Jim.:)

Josh

Jim Thatcher wrote:
>>But can that be relied on? Isn't it true, that many screen readers
>>(well JAWS anyway), may not
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>>You're right, the title solution is just not safe.
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> WRONG! For form controls title is totally reliable. You are transferring the
> unreliable behavior of screen readers for titles on links to that for titles
> on form controls. You must be more careful in such generalizations. The
> title attribute is perfectly reliable with JAWS and with Window-Eyes - and
> HPR, by the way.
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> Jim
> http://jimthatcher.com
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