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Re: Accessible Tooltips?

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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Jun 12, 2006 2:20AM


> > Are there any DHTML methods for creating an accessible tooltip that even a
> > screen reader can read?
>
> "DHTML" (a buzzword for HTML+CSS+JavaScript+DOM, now out fashion in favor
> of Ajax)

Urgh. Please, if you condemn DHTML (and I got flak for that with my
article[1]) then replace it with DOM scripting. Ajax is a methodology
and is not necessarily limited to browsers and HTML whereas DHTML
always was. It is like saying "Perl is outdated and is replaced by
RUP".

[1] http://icant.co.uk/articles/from-dhtml-to-dom/from-dhtml-to-dom-scripting.html

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