- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 03:30:07 -0400
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- CC: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, public-html-a11y@w3.org
On 09/18/2012 02:58 AM, Joshue O Connor wrote: > Sam Ruby wrote: > [...] >> I can't help but wonder if we would have been done by now if but a small >> fraction of the effort that was put into "instating longdesc" focused >> instead on developing a solution to the "long description" need that >> browser vendors are willing to implement. > > +1. However, note that generally I sense that the a11y community is > willing to support 'whatever works' - the part of the problem > historically is that many a11y folk are rather keenly aware of what > won't work - due to experience of working directly with people with > disabilities (in one capacity or another). I'll note that I consider Richard Schwerdtfeger a member of the a11y community. I'll note that there are a number of members of the a11y community that work for browser vendors. I'll suggest that the way forward is to put the needs of the people with disabilities first, and cease what John Foliot is describing as a "stare-down"[1]. Noting that at least one browser vendor is moving in the direction of banning plugins in some environments[2], define success instead as being defining something that browser vendors are willing to natively implement. One way forward is to *simultaneously* reconsider the following: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Apr/0003.html As well as the opposition to a warning when longdesc is encountered in an HTML 5 document: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/issue-30-objection-poll/results#xwarning Feel free to suggest other ways forward, just be mindful that the goal here is solving the needs of people with disabilities, and that mandating a solution that browsers will continue ignore[1] is not the path forward. > Cheers > > Josh - Sam Ruby [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2012Sep/0225.html [2] http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-no-plug-ins-allowed-on-windows-on-arm/11885
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