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From: Bill Mason
Date: Wed, Oct 30 2002 2:20PM
Subject: Re: Long URLs in HREFs
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At 01:15 PM 10/30/2002, Mark Rew wrote:
>Yes, These long urls will be a problem for Jaws. It would be more meaningful
>to put descriptive text in a alt- attribute. Maybe, copy what is in the
>title= attribute.
>
>Thus, you will have something like:
><a href=http://www.longurl alt-"title info" title="info">...</a>
>
>The alt= attribute can also be used with an <img> element.

But ALT cannot be used with an <A> element. Invalid HTML. TITLE should be
used.

Bill Mason
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From: Joel Ward
Date: Wed, Oct 30 2002 2:22PM
Subject: Re: Long URLs in HREFs
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> At 01:15 PM 10/30/2002, Mark Rew wrote:
> >Yes, These long urls will be a problem for Jaws. It would be more
meaningful
> >to put descriptive text in a alt- attribute. Maybe, copy what is in the
> >title= attribute.

Why are these long URLs a problem for JAWS? Doesn't JAWS read the link text
and not the HREF?


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