Re: PF Response: @Summary

Ian Hickson<ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, David Poehlman wrote:
>>> or we could help@summary do what it is supposed to do because it is the
>>> only means of effectively carrying out its task.
>> I disagree that it's the only means of effectively carrying out its task;
>> we've seen dozens of proposals that could all carry out the task at least
>> as effectively if used correctly, including many that are far more likely
>> to be used correctly than summary="".
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Shelley Powers wrote:
> Dozens? I've only seen those in the Table Summary wiki, which
> incorporates support for summary as short term solution, and a few
> others have added, but have not been discussed since.

Yes, to say there are dozens of better solutions is a stretch.

>One by James
> Graham, and I think there was another, but I can't remember by who. I
> saw what you recently edited into the HTML 5 spec, and which we
> haven't discussed (recently at least, they may have been discussed in
> the past, since this issue has been discussed over two years).

James <details> idea IIRC is a good idea, and could be useful in
progressing the discussion when is comes to suggesting a better long
descriptor.

Cheers

Josh