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Re: Where's the beginning? (was RE: When to Spell Out Acronyms)

Subject: Re: Where's the beginning? (was RE: When to Spell Out Acronyms)
From: Laura Lemay <lemay-lists1 -at- lauralemay -dot- com>
To: David Castro <thejavaguy -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:23:43 -0800


On Nov 21, 2006, at 9:51 AM, David Castro wrote:

Let me throw an idea out there, thought it may not be directly
supported by the HATs. What about providing alt text for acronyms
(using the TITLE attribute in a null link)? The user can float over
the acronym to have the spelled out version displayed in fly-over
text.

Congratulations. You have just reinvented the <acronym> tag, part of the HTML standard since 1997.

Pros of the acronym tag:

+ Need to use null links, which wreak havok with accessibility
+ Supported as tooltips in all browsers
+ Can be CSS-styled.

Cons:
+ browsers support them in different ways. Mozilla/Firefox underlines them with a light dotted underline, which can lead to underline pollution on the page if you have a lot of acronyms. IE doesn't underline or indicate that the acronym is special at all. Styling can fix this.
+ It can be maintenance nightmare to tag all your acronyms depending on your HAT.

Cheers,
Laura

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References:
Where's the beginning? (was RE: When to Spell Out Acronyms): From: mlist
Re: Where's the beginning? (was RE: When to Spell Out Acronyms): From: Al Geist
Re: Where's the beginning? (was RE: When to Spell Out Acronyms): From: David Castro

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