Re: [orca-list] Reading object descriptions on the web

[Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes stommepoes nl>]

However, because authors write badly, and because it should
be possible to retrieve this info from the browser... isn't there
a setting in Orca for this? Too many *do* put important information
in title attributes, especially if they're using some kind of
CMS that automatically adds stupid stuff to image alts.

-Mallory

On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 06:08:39PM +1100, Jason White wrote:
> Mallory van Achterberg <stommepoes stommepoes nl> wrote:
> > I would consider this both: title attributes are not recommended
> > for conveying important information (keyboarders without a screen
> > reader can't access them at all), so if the link consists of an
> > image then the alt text *should* have been appropriate link text.
>
> Correct. The HTML 5 specification says that the text of the TITLE attribute is
> often revealed as a tool tip, requiring a pointing device such as a mouse to
> be used. For this reason, the spec advises against the use of TITLE
> attributes as you noted above.