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- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:16:30 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13461 --- Comment #13 from Suzanne Taylor <SuzanneTaylorLogin@gmail.com> 2011-08-16 04:16:30 UTC --- > Are there any scenarios where using a normal link on the image, with > rel="longdesc" if required, does not provide an immediate, significant > improvement in accessibility and usability, while still meeting all the > requirements you listed? (note: I can't speak for AAP offhand.) Is there a proposal for W3C to define how rel="longdesc" should function in browsers/AT? I did not see this in the specification. Other than preventing the image from being a link somewhere and having a long description at the same time, as far I can personally tell, this provides the data that is needed. But, will the data be used by browsers to show where there are long descriptions? Or, will users without screen readers have to click every image to find out if there's a long description? (same issue longdesc has now.) Similarly, will the data be used by AT? Or will users have to hear the generic link announcement, such as "link image Starry Night" and wonder if the link is to a page about the painting or to a description of the painting? I'm sure rel="longdesc" could be refined through a specification of the implementation details to work well for this. HTML 5 might even allow nested <a href ...> tags if one is rel="longdesc", allowing an image to both be a link and have a long description. Personally, I'd favor improving longdesc--just seems logical to me. But, if the user experience details are specified for rel="longdesc" solving the issues mentioned above, that seems fine to me too. I can't speak for AAP offhand. But, the commentary is more concerned that there be a solution with a good user experience/developer experience and much less concerned with what the exact code is. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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