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Windows MUST have clear titles. This is particularly important for Popup windows. Frames MUST have clear titles. Frame title should reflect nature of content. "Navigation Frame" is better than "Frame 1."
Screen reader users may use the title of frames to help navigate the page. They can bring all the frame titles into a popup list and move easily from one section of the page to another. Also, unique page titles will help to identify exactly which page is currently being read. The screen reader will always anounce the title of the page first and then begin reading the rest of the page. It can be expecially helpful to have unique page titles when presented with a series of pages, like during a registration process.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>A simple frameset document</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FRAMESET cols="10%, 90%" title="Our library of electronic documents"> <FRAME src="nav.html" title="Navigation bar"> <FRAME src="doc.html" title="Documents"> <NOFRAMES> <A href="lib.html" title="Library link"> Select to go to the electronic library</A> </NOFRAMES> </FRAMESET> </BODY> </HTML>
Look at the pages title bar to be sure there is a meaningful title.
Or you can also open the page in your browser
View the source.
Search for the word title.
Verify that the page has a properly coded HTML title tag.
Using the Toolbar to Test for Frame Titles
The results of the AIS toolbar test:
Testing Frame Titles with Jaws.
Insert+F9 will bring up a list of frame titles. This is used to assist in navigation.
SEO:
Titles of pages and of frames are indexed by search engines and must be present and meaningful.