- From: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:03:51 +1000
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: >> >> Note that we need to be careful to >> pick something that also works on devices that have no mouse. > > > I would suggest that by and large the a11y community is aware of that. I don't think @longdesc has a problem with being exposed in screenreaders or other accessibility tools (once, of course, it is handed through from the browser). I think the real problem is that of having a visual encumbrance for sighted users and that we don't know what that would be. One suggestion was to add it to the context menu. This, however, relies on a mouse or an alternative means of opening the context menu, which is often not available in e.g. mobile devices. I was just trying to point out that there are non-accessibility related requirements, too. Regards, Silvia.
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