- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:30:20 +0000 (UTC)
- To: WAI-IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
>> If this question were actually serious, I could give you a list a mile
>> long of practices used in typography that cannot be replicated in HTML.
>
> please do. as long as we're talking about practices that involve content,
> and not presentational stylings.
You seem to think footnotes are presentational.
>> And did you know that you can actually embed multimedia, with captions
>> and/or descriptions, *in* a PDF now? Try *that* in HTML.
>
> how's about object, for instance?
object, embed, and img merely refer to multimedia. You can embed it in
PDF.
>> If you really believe the contrary, can we please just write out your
>> wedding invitations on Bristol board in pink crayon?
...and the response changed the subject, so it can be ignored.
>> Except for all that text inside them.
>
> which is useless to me if i can't access it in the first place...
Every platform in common use (including Linxux) can read PDFs, including
via open-source tools. Plus, I dunno, have you considered Googling?
>> Why, exactly?
>
> because if it's not text - and i still maintain that, regardless of how
> much text is inside the pdf, if i can't access it, it may as well not be
> there - then an alternative needs to be available.
The file contains its own accessibility features. I suppose you want
captions and descriptions decoupled from multimedia, too. It seems some
other people on the Working Group want that.
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Received on Wednesday, 18 August 2004 21:30:28 UTC