Comments on: Little steps to accessibility : Title tags, part 1

By: daisy

daisy — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:33:02 +0000

Yep, definitely works with a mouse. I tend to use the pen for everything, switching only to the mouse when I have to. Wonder if there’s a way to progamme the Wacom differently… will check it out tomorrow.

By: Karan

Karan — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:23:33 +0000

I use a pen and tablet (the WACOM Digitizer II) only for graphics stuff and a mouse for everything else. Yes...I do recall that it was you who were left with no translation. Maybe it works for you now: A cosa serve quel guanto di gomma? Hehehe

By: daisy

daisy — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:47:43 +0000

Hang on, was it me who couldn’t see them? I’m starting to have a flashback here… (and yes, it was a really cool idea!

By: daisy

daisy — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:46:59 +0000

Welcome back David! I must confess I can’t remember exactly what happened but I was new to WordPress and to php so was probably in a bit of a tizzy and it was probably all my fault. I’ll try it again when I’ve had a bit more sleep :-)

Karan, do you use a pen and tablet? I know that I don’t see many title atrributes with the pen but see them as soon as I switch back to the mouse.

By: Karan

Karan — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:40:49 +0000

I used title attributes when I using “foreign” words…the idea was that a mouseover would reveal the english definition. I thought it worked pretty cool…except you weren’t able to see the effect. oh woe.

By: David

David — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:54:21 +0000

Out of interest, what sort of problems occur when you change the title?

By: daisy

daisy — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:30:54 +0000

Thank you Richard – I wasn’t implying any stupidity on the part of the visually impaired, rather pointing out my stupdity at not yet having managed to hear an example of a screenreader ;-) (on the long list things to do).

There’s also an awful lot of bollix being written about accessibility around the interweb, sorting out the truth and what’s needed on a practical level is far more challenging than any code!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 20:13:36 +0000

If you get really techy, you’ll start referring to elements as “nodes”. That’s the point at which you become lost to humanity.

Incidentally, single quotes within your title are fine. And I would say a title should be used where it’s not obvious from the text node – er, text of the link – where the link is going. But, if it is obvious, then a title is superfluous. Visually impaired people are no more stupid than the rest of us.

By: daisy

daisy — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:28:03 +0000

Matt, thank you! Pedants are welcome when it comes to getting the terminology right. As soon as I can edit the post I’ll change that.

Thank you too for the Berea Street article – complete with title attribute :-)

By: matt andrews

matt andrews — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:23:46 +0000

Since I'm in a pedantic mood for some reason, I'll point out that they're title attributes, not title tags... Roger Johansson covered this nicely in a recent article.