- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:03:16 -0500
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Hi Josh, On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: > Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Joshue O Connor<joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> >> wrote: > > [...] > >>> Opening a context menu via a UA should be a case of revealing the >>> attribute > > [...] > >> >> A hand-waving mention of "revealing the attribute to the UA" and "user >> preferences, options etc." is exactly what I want to avoid. > > > That wasn't an attempt at 'spec ready text' Silvia. > > >> I would prefer we say something informative and non-normative such as: > > > >> Long image descriptions should be made available to the user through a >> visual indicator. This can e.g. be through a link in the image's >> context menu which can appear on a right-click on the image or after >> pressing the image with your finger for an extended time. It could >> also be through an icon somewhere on the image, or listed "on the back >> of the image" e.g. if the UI allowed to "turn it around", or any other >> means that the UA deems appropriate. > > > As an aside, a transparent .png graphic with a symbol for longdesc would be > good. Browsers could implement that. You can put that in if you like ;-) We already have new spec text to browser vendors. http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc#Main_Spec_Changes: In particular we wrote the text and provided illustrations for the rendering section a year and a half ago: http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld-rendering2.html Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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