- From: Leif H Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 06:19:44 +0200
- To: silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com
- Cc: dboudreau@webconforme.com, laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com, cyns@microsoft.com, jbrewer@w3.org, public-html-a11y@w3.org, gez.lemon@gmail.com
You and Cynthia in my view make too much out of it. Take a look at use case 10 in the CP. It suggests to use longdesc in combination with @role. Thus no one is against Aria. Leif ------- Original message ------- > From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> > To: dboudreau@webconforme.com > Cc: laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com, cyns@microsoft.com, jbrewer@w3.org, > public-html-a11y@w3.org, gez.lemon@gmail.com > Sent: 18/5/'11, 0:59 > > 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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