- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:44:39 +1000
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Bruce Lawson <bruce@brucelawson.co.uk>
Note that there was already a proposal to the HTML WG from the responsive images CG: http://www.w3.org/community/respimg/wiki/Picture_Element_Proposal S. On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: > For the HTML Accessibility Task Force info: > > "Why HTML5 urgently needs an HTML adaptive images mechanism" > By Bruce Lawson. > "...Webkit has implemented a new non-standard CSS function called > -webkit-image-set...I bet it's 0.03 nanoseconds before developers > convert <img src="foo.blah" alt="useful alternate text"> into an empty > <div>s with adaptive background images using -webkit-image-set and > (please!) a fallback background images for non-webkit browsers. Why > wouldn't they? Retina screens will download massive but beautiful > images, while users of lower-res phones save bandwidth by downloading > smaller images instead of huge images and then reducing them down. > Problem solved. And, unfortunately, people who don't download images, > or can't perceive images won't get any alternate text, as there is no > content <img> element any more. Those guys have always been last in > the pecking order and there's no reason to assume they'll get a better > deal this time." > http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2012/html5-urgently-needs-adaptive-images-mechanism/ > > Best Regards, > Laura > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Laura Carlson > <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Just an FYI as I'm not sure how many task force members have been >> following the copious discussions regarding the topic of responsive >> images on the WHATWG mailing list*. There have been proposals for >> <picture>, @srcset, and now <pic>. Ian added a new attribute called >> "srcset" to the WHATWG HTML spec in May. Today, David Singer started >> a thread [1] regarding alt text. >> >> Best Regards, >> Laura >> >> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Jun/0019.html >> >> *WHATWG Responsive Images Discussions: >> >> Fallback for <picture> >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg216 >> >> Throwing in my support for <picture> into the mix >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg312 >> >> An alternative to <picture> and srcset, is this realistic? >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg237 >> >> <picture>, `img set`, and polyfills >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg243 >> >> Features for responsive Web design >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg247 >> Ian added a NEW ATTRIBUTE called "srcset" to the WHATWG HTML spec: >> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/embedded-content-1.html#attr-img-srcset >> >> <picture> / <img srcset> not needed >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg291 >> >> Correcting some misconceptions about Responsive Images >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg299 >> >> Media queries, viewport dimensions, srcset and picture >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012May/thread.html#msg552 >> >> The <pic> element >> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-whatwg-archive/2012Jun/thread.html#msg1 >> >> Also: >> Responsive Images Community Group: >> http://www.w3.org/community/respimg/ >> >> -- >> Laura L. Carlson > > > > -- > Laura L. Carlson >
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