Posted by bernhard on 11/18/05 20:02

Jukka K. Korpela schrieb:

> Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:
>
> > You're on the right path using the /title/ attribute
>
> I doubt that.
>
> It is supposed to specify an advisory title. In practice, most people will
> see a tooltip if they happen to mouse over the word. So what? Many of them
> will be puzzled. Many people won't see the tooltip, or will see it in too
> tiny a font (no, _you_ can't set the font size of tooltips, except on your
> own computer, and most people don't know about this). Many people who could
> see it won't see since they have no reason to move around with the mouse, or
> maybe they have no mouse.
>
> If it's anything essential, it should be served in a much more reliable way.
> If it isn't, why would you include it?
>
> The title attribute might be suitable for special occasions. Most authors
> simply cannot use it properly, and should stay away from it, except perhaps
> for links.
>
This is what the specification says:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#adef-title

It's also worth to note, that FF, NN and Opera display the <abbr> and
<acronym> elements with the title attribute set, underlined with a gray
dotted line; enough reason to move the mouse over those elements ...

--
bernhard

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