Re: 48-Hour Consensus Call: ARIA-DescribedAT & Longdesc

Silvia Pfeiffer, Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:56:57 -0700:

>> As usual, if there is objection to this consensus position, please
>> respond by replying to this message no later than close of business,
>> Boston Time, on Monday 2 April.

> First a question: we are not asking @longdesc to be reinstated for
> <iframe>, or are we? And: why not?

Yes, only for <img>, in line with [1].

Why not for iframe too: The CP does not offer use cases, data or 
proposals for that. However, a brief check shows that support level for 
iframe@longdesc, is much worse: Neither iCab nor Opera (which both 
support img@longdesc) nor the Firefox Longdesk add-on, have longdesc 
support for iframe. My personal view is also that longdesc - and 
aria-describedAT too - is more important when the element is both quite 
text empty *and* possibly filled with important or complex 
data/info/art/situations, such as is the case for <img>. For iframe, 
this is usually not the case unless when iframe@src points directly to 
a media file, which is relatively seldom, I believe.
-- 
Leif Halvard Silli

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