- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 08:59:12 +1000
- To: Denis Boudreau <dboudreau@webconforme.com>
- Cc: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Cynthia Shelly <cyns@microsoft.com>, Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>, "public-html-a11y@w3.org" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Denis Boudreau <dboudreau@webconforme.com> wrote: > Hello, > > On 2011-05-17, at 4:57 PM, Laura Carlson wrote: > >> As for the last question, in addition to what Cliff said, I experience >> that myself with developers. It is sad but true. > > Same experience here. <del>Developers</del><ins>people</ins> are lazy. > > Sad and frustrating, but the truth, nonetheless. What makes you think that would be better with the @longdesc attribute? I am concerned that if the argument is "we need longdesc because aria attributes are not in use" the logical next reaction is - let's remove aria attributes then. I'm a developer and I really don't care what the attribute is called as long as it is clear what its purpose is. But I don't see a logical conclusion from "aria attributes have failed" to "let's introduce some other attributes that nobody is using yet to take their place". I agree with Cynthia that that is a very weak argument and likely will just result in a very bad discussion for a11y. Laziness is an argument against a11y, not an argument for @longdesc. Regards, Silvia.
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