On the one hand, Google’s Chrome team has let terrible custom tool-tip guidance sit for 2½ years with no action:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/298296173
On the other hand, Microsoft is proposing more author control over `title`:
https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdgeExplainers/blob/main/CSSTooltipPseudo/explainer.md
If I sound wary…
#accessibility #a11y
Adrian Roselli /
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2025-05-23 00:08:34
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