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Re: Proposal: accessibility revision for the img element... (offlist)

From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:34:07 +0200
To: "Robert Burns" <rob@robburns.com>
Cc: www-archive@w3.org
Message-ID: <op.tuiya5ri64w2qv@annevk-t60.oslo.opera.com>

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:26:15 +0200, Robert Burns <rob@robburns.com> wrote:
> Understood about the specific <image> example.  However, the idea  
> remains the same. Other options have been provided such as: <still>,  
> <pic>, <picture>. I'm sure with a little creativity we could think of  
> others. The issue is that <img> and <embed> do not really fit in the new  
> language envisioned by HTML5. The best way to send that message is to  
> drop those elements (or not add <embed>) and provide a new element for  
> the future.

I suppose we don't share the same vision for HTML5 then.

(offlist as it's not really worth it to share this with everyone)


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Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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