Re: My case for the obsoletion of longdesc (Was: 48-Hour Consensus Call: InstateLongdesc CP Update) from James Craig on 2012-09-19 (public-html-a11y@w3.org from September 2012)

From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:47:02 -0700
To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, w3c-wai-pf@w3.org
Message-id: <B88A7B7D-8573-42BA-9800-4ED4EE6F74C8@apple.com>

On Sep 16, 2012, at 2:28 AM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

> If longdesc is put back in the spec i would consider it
> appropriate to have a warning about its use. I would consider it  a
> feature at risk CR wise unless its interoperable support in browsers
> is improved.

I think we're in agreement then.

Received on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 21:48:16 UTC