Re: Longdesc change proposal update

Hi Silvia,

Thank you very much for checking the change proposal.

> some of your references to e.g. the Glossary on the broken out pages
> don't work any more. You should go through and check for dangling
> pointers. ;-)

Will do. Thanks.

> Incidentally, it was enough for me to see the examples that you list
> on your use cases page
> http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html#uc (following to some
> of the example links) to go: and why aren't browsers providing a
> right-click context menu item for images with longdesc?

That's what is needed.

> Sometimes I as
> a sighted user am also keen to understand what e.g. a logo means and
> what went through a designer's head when they created it. I totally
> don't see it as a11y use one.

Some sighted people may be aided by access to a longdesc. Browser
vendors should provide access to those who want or need access.

> I would only recommend that the page
> that the longdesc points to includes the image itself and a pointer
> back to the page(s) that it lives on, so as to make it a proper part
> of the web surfing experience.

It might help. Authors can do that. Not many do.

I don't have a  sample on the User Agents and longdesc Discoverability
page [1], but in some implementations (an on-page description revealed
below or alongside an on-page image) it could be redundant.

Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Silvia.

Best Regards,
Laura

[1] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld-ua.html

-- 
Laura L. Carlson

Received on Sunday, 8 May 2011 08:24:16 UTC