- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:24:51 -0400
- To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- CC: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On 09/21/2010 04:57 PM, Laura Carlson wrote: > Hello everyone, > > John wrote: >> I submit the following: http://wordpress.mfields.org/2010/how-to-enable-longdesc-attributes-on-images-in-wordpress/ > > Thanks. John. Michael Fields' longdesc Wordpress plugin (zip file) can > be can be downloaded from: > http://download.mfields.org/longdesc-1.0.zip > > I added a tools section [1] to the longdesc study [2] yesterday and > included Michael's plugin. > > Quite a few new long description examples in the wild have recently > been collected [3]. These examples are new information that were not > presented prior to the decision to drop longdesc from HTML5. > > Sam, Paul and Maciej, what more do we need to gather or what else do > we need to do for the Chairs to reconsider your decision for Issue 30? > Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Without consulting with other co-chairs, the same day announcement of a plugin (and therefore with effectively zero deployment to date) is unlikely to change anybody's mind. While that is clearly new information, a list of sites that merely "was not presented prior to the decision" is borderline at best. Issue 30 was raised in 2008 was discussed well before that. After 2.5+ years, the decision was based primarily on: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/longdesc http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-30-objection-poll/results http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Apr/1089.html If you do feel you want to include such a list of sites, be prepared to explain why they were not included in the above. My recommendation: take your time. Build your case. Most of all, do not assume that you will get multiple opportunities to do this. The intent of a decision is to get the working group to move on. > Thanks. > > Best Regards, > Laura > > [1] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html#tools > [2] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html > [3] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html#wild > > On 9/21/10, John Foliot<jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote: >> Perhaps not as fast as a speeding<del>canvas</del> <ins>bullet</ins>, >> Aesop once said "slow and steady wins the race" >> >> I submit the following: >> http://wordpress.mfields.org/2010/how-to-enable-longdesc-attributes-on-ima >> ges-in-wordpress/ >> >> JF >
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