Re: Use of ACRONYM

by "Ineke van der Maat" <inekemaa(at)xs4all.nl>

Date:	Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:08:41 +0100
To:	<aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>, "Liz Bartlett" <khyri(at)idyllmtn.com>
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Hallo Lisa,

Yes, browsers show the <abbr> and <acronym> titles, at least IE 5.5
shows a tooltip when acronyms are coded with the title attribute  When =
you put the mouse on the acronym, you see the titletext in a tooltip..
Mozilla underlines  the abbr and accronyms..
In http://www.hoehnermusikfan.net/musikband/musikabn/  you can see it =
work. There are many words <abbr title=3D"compact disc">CD</abbr> and =
<acronym title=3D"Music Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</acronym> =
coded as MIDI is also a region in France or is french for 12 o'clock AM

I will code etc. and bio also as <abbr>/abbr> as bio is not an existing =
word, only in combinations with other words..then it is no abbreviation =
at all but an usual word...


cheers
Ineke van der Maat
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> This is the criteria I use when deciding whether to use ABBR or
> ACRONYM, but I doubt it matters as far as browser behaviour
> when the tags are encountered.
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> --Liz
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