Index: wp-includes/author-template.php
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--- wp-includes/author-template.php	(revision 26747)
+++ wp-includes/author-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
  */
 function get_the_author_link() {
 	if ( get_the_author_meta('url') ) {
-		return '<a href="' . esc_url( get_the_author_meta('url') ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf(__("Visit %s&#8217;s website"), get_the_author()) ) . '" rel="author external">' . get_the_author() . '</a>';
+		return '<a href="' . esc_url( get_the_author_meta('url') ) . '" rel="author external">' . get_the_author() . '</a>';
 	} else {
 		return get_the_author();
 	}
@@ -236,9 +236,8 @@
 	if ( !is_object( $authordata ) )
 		return false;
 	$link = sprintf(
-		'<a href="%1$s" title="%2$s" rel="author">%3$s</a>',
+		'<a href="%1$s" rel="author">%2$s</a>',
 		esc_url( get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) ),
-		esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Posts by %s' ), get_the_author() ) ),
 		get_the_author()
 	);
 
@@ -369,7 +368,7 @@
 			$return .= '<li>';
 		}
 
-		$link = '<a href="' . get_author_posts_url( $author->ID, $author->user_nicename ) . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf(__("Posts by %s"), $author->display_name) ) . '">' . $name . '</a>';
+		$link = '<a href="' . get_author_posts_url( $author->ID, $author->user_nicename ) . '">' . $name . '</a>';
 
 		if ( !empty( $feed_image ) || !empty( $feed ) ) {
 			$link .= ' ';
@@ -379,18 +378,16 @@
 
 			$link .= '<a href="' . get_author_feed_link( $author->ID ) . '"';
 
-			$alt = $title = '';
+			$alt = '';
 			if ( !empty( $feed ) ) {
-				$title = ' title="' . esc_attr( $feed ) . '"';
 				$alt = ' alt="' . esc_attr( $feed ) . '"';
 				$name = $feed;
-				$link .= $title;
 			}
 
 			$link .= '>';
 
 			if ( !empty( $feed_image ) )
-				$link .= '<img src="' . esc_url( $feed_image ) . '" style="border: none;"' . $alt . $title . ' />';
+				$link .= '<img src="' . esc_url( $feed_image ) . '" style="border: none;"' . $alt . ' />';
 			else
 				$link .= $name;