[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25054: Twenty Fourteen Accessibility fixes

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#25054: Twenty Fourteen Accessibility fixes
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 Reporter:  sabreuse       |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch      |
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Comment (by sabreuse):

 Replying to [comment:6 lancewillett]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 sabreuse]:
 >
 > Awesome, thank you.
 >
 > > * 25054.titleattr.diff removes the title attributes from links.
 >
 > This one I have a question on ... shouldn't it only be removed when the
 anchor text is repeated in the title text? But shouldn't it be left in
 place when they are different?

 There's some related discussion in #24766 - the current consensus seems to
 be that title attributes are at best pointless and at worst somewhat
 harmful to accessibility. Add to that the fact that device support is all
 over the map, which means we can't rely on them for the information that
 really '''needs''' to be there.

 Throughout WP, we have mix of title attributes -- those that just repeat
 the link text are uncontroversial. Those that very nearly repeat it (e.g.
 Link text: "Trackback URL". Title: "Trackback URL for your post") should
 be just as uncontroversial. The only real problem is with title attributes
 that serve as help text -- and if it's that important, the information
 shouldn't be in a title attribute at all, but we should consider whether
 the information is really needed and find a better solution.

 IMO, we don't have any of that class in the theme.

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