- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:10:01 +0100
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Cc: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
I also wrote some spec text for longdesc last year: http://www.html5accessibility.com/tests/img-longdesc.html regards Steve On 18 September 2012 13:05, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: >> 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 ;-) > > As Laura points out, there is already proposed spec text at: > http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld-spec-text3.html > and > http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld-rendering2.html > > I personally find the second one a bit too excessive with the image examples. > > Cheers, > Silvia. -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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