[thelist] Use of <abbr title> tag

K Clark ken at quantifier.org
Tue Mar 12 20:29:00 CST 2002


one more try:

go to evolt.org and unsubscribe. what you are doing is not working. get
it?

damn.


On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:25:24AM +0800, kenlin wrote:
> dont sent me !!!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Olena Sullivan
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:28 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] Use of <abbr title> tag
>
>
> I've noticed several sites that use the <abbr title=""> tag in their
> coding but am having problems viewing the result in NS6.2 on Mac. When I
> roll over the text, I get the pointer with the ? but nothing else. In IE
> 5.x, the text has no underline, but does give a description when rolled
> over (you just can't figure out which text to roll over as you get no
> pointer at all).
>
> I am making an effort to learn as much as I can regarding usability
> issues and coding my sites for usability and accessibility, but I have
> not had the occasion to use this tag before so I may be just naive about
> it. Am I missing something or is it a PC/MAC thing?
>
> Example is at (nice layout Alastair):
>
> http://www.19nine78.net/cubenew/portfolio/portfolio_detail.asp
>
> ...bullet listing #3 under heading Key Problem Areas. The abbr. text is
> "WAI".
>
> olena
>
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