- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:54:21 +0100
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- CC: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Joshue O Connor<joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: [...] >> Opening a context menu via a UA should be a case of revealing the attribute [...] > > A hand-waving mention of "revealing the attribute to the UA" and "user > preferences, options etc." is exactly what I want to avoid. That wasn't an attempt at 'spec ready text' Silvia. > I would prefer we say something informative and non-normative such as: > Long image descriptions should be made available to the user through a > visual indicator. This can e.g. be through a link in the image's > context menu which can appear on a right-click on the image or after > pressing the image with your finger for an extended time. It could > also be through an icon somewhere on the image, or listed "on the back > of the image" e.g. if the UI allowed to "turn it around", or any other > means that the UA deems appropriate. As an aside, a transparent .png graphic with a symbol for longdesc would be good. Browsers could implement that. You can put that in if you like ;-) Cheers Josh
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