Re: rationale for preserving longdesc in HTMLx [Re: dropping longdesc attribute]

On 6/24/07 2:49 PM, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net> wrote:

> --- begin LONGDESC ---
> The flag of the United Kingdom is used on this site to indicate
> resources that are in the English language.
> The flag of the United Kingdom is commonly known as the Union Flag,
> or Union Jack.  It is the national
...<snip wikipedia length article about the UK flag...>

So on a site like http://www.islandbrides.com/ or others that may have 3x as
many flags you'd want one of my clients to write a short essay about each
flag...?

Couldn't you have just done with:
<img alt=" the United Kingdom flag is used on this site to indicate
resources that are in the English language."
longdesc="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uk_flag" />
since the majority of your longdesc was just info about the flag itself that
had nothing to do with the site?

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