- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:08:18 +0200
- To: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
- Cc: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
Leif Halvard Silli, Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:45:20 +0200: > Laura, here are some info which I believe you haven't listed in your > research page: More info, for you all: 7) Addfullsize.com [*] only adds to the lottery. [*] http://www.addfullsize.com/ This is a completely new JQuery plug-in which is violently misusing @longdesc. The plug-in is a result of a request to the editor (that is: Ian Hickson) for a full-size attribute for the <img> element in HTML5. [*][1] When he didn't get the attribute, he starting using @longdesc instead. So now he spreads a JQuery and Wordpress plug-in which uses @longdesc to point to large size version of the image. The homepage lists 4234 signatures in support of either the plug-in and/or the @fullsize attribute. I have asked him to stop - recommending him to use @data-fullsize instead.[2] However, clearly, this demonstrates that the lack of validity and definition of @longdesc in HTML5 only serves to pollute @longdesc even more. The longer one sit waiting, the more contaminated @longdesc will become, and the more valid will the Longdesc Lottery argument become. [1] http://www.webappers.com/2009/04/01/fullsize-jquery-plugin-img-attribute-proposal/ [2] http://twitter.com/komputist/status/25168842439 -- leif halvard silli
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