Can we add title attribute to links? April 22, 2006 8:16 AM   Subscribe

Pony Request: Could the title attribute be added automatically to links generated from the link button on the posts/comments toolbar? It wouldn't have to have any default text in it, but it would make people aware of its existence, which they could then use to reduce the large number of mystery links we see in posts/comments.
posted by blue_beetle to Feature Requests at 8:16 AM (6 comments total)

On a related note, could we get titles on all the standard MeFi links (eg: posted by blue_beetle to feature requests at 9:16 AM MST [!] )
posted by blue_beetle at 8:18 AM on April 22, 2006


good idea on standard links, but I don't see the point of adding title attributes to links. It starts to feel like too much work when you do stuff like that (that's what I think every time I use a HTML tool online that insists I come up with titles for all my hrefs).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:57 AM on April 22, 2006


how about just adding title="" to the generated href and let people fill it in in the textarea if they like?
posted by kindall at 9:11 AM on April 22, 2006


I would rather people just use more descriptive link text. Having to break the flow of one's reading and mess with a mouse would be rather annoying if it became standard practice for people to hide useful descriptions in title attributes.
posted by Space Coyote at 9:19 AM on April 22, 2006


how about just adding title="" to the generated href and let people fill it in in the textarea if they like?

Yeah, that was blue_beetle's suggestion and I'm still saying nay, since it feels like more work being added to a comment and it's a hidden kind of feature brought to the forefront. I rarely mouse over links long enough to even get the title to show up, so titles are more of an easter egg than anything else.

I agree with Space Coyote that we shouldn't rely on hidden things like title tags in place of better writing and more descriptive link text.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:39 AM on April 22, 2006


Oh, I thought bb was asking for another prompt. NM
posted by kindall at 10:48 AM on April 22, 2006


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