- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:37:04 -0600
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: "Edward O'Connor" <eoconnor@apple.com>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Sam, > The deciding factor in the decision was: > > "The strongest argument against inclusion was the lack of use cases that > clearly and directly support this specific feature of the language." > > What we got was single words like "Cartoon". It was impossible to > determine based on that single word whether or not it was possible to > draw an accessible cartoon without the use of the longdesc attribute. Those were not even in the Wiki at the time of the decision. These were: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/index.php?title=LongdescRetention&oldid=5725#Use_Cases See my previous email for details: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Feb/0413.html Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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