Re: Change Proposals toward Issue-9: "how accessibility works for <video> is unclear" from Maciej Stachowiak on 2010-04-12 (public-html@w3.org from April 2010)

From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:14:30 -0700
To: Sean Hayes <sean.hayes@microsoft.com>
Cc: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
Message-id: <E2B6B9B2-ECBE-491D-8A51-129A7FE0D950@apple.com>

On Apr 12, 2010, at 4:03 AM, Sean Hayes wrote:

> Well quoting from the description of @title "The title attribute  
> represents advisory information for the element, such as would be  
> appropriate for a tooltip. On a link, this could be the title or a  
> description of the target resource"

title is already a global attribute with defined semantics and  
behavior. It's not a good idea to reuse it for a different purpose on  
specific elements.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Monday, 12 April 2010 14:15:05 UTC