- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 19:12:24 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008, Joshue O Connor wrote: > > > > What is the problem that a long description is solving? A long > > description isn't a need, it's a solution to a > > need/requirement/problem. If the need is something like "users who > > can't see bar charts need a way to have the information in the bar > > chart conveyed to them", why isn't <p> sufficient? > > If the information /is/ on the page and this can be indicated to the > user in some way via ARIA described by or similar then in principle yes, > fair point. Usually @longdesc is explicitly associated with <img>. [1] Why does the user even need to know there _is_ an image? Wouldn't that just be taunting the user? It seems like if the image is totally described elsewhere in the document, you can just use alt="" and you get an optimal experience for the image-impaired user. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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