Re: Proof of growth of acceptance/implementation - longdesc

Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis, Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:33:27 +0100:
> On 22 Sep 2010, at 07:14, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote:
>> On 22 Sep 2010, at 02:08, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:

> "HTML4 says fullsize should link to a descrip. A larger image is 
> conceptually the same. it's a compromise. I wont be changing it, i'll 
> just release version 2 :)"
> 
> http://www.twitlonger.com/show/65877u
> 
> I'm not sure the spec can easily protect itself against this sort of 
> hostile misreading though (it's fairly clear in HTML4 that "longdesc" 
> is for /text/ alternatives), and it does sound like he's saying the 
> next iteration will use "data-*".

He could circumvent it by making sure the URL point to a HTML document 
which as _both_ a bigger picture as well a long description.
-- 
lh

Received on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 06:40:02 UTC