- From: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:04:39 -0700
- To: "'Silvia Pfeiffer'" <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, "'Joshue O Connor'" <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: "'Steve Faulkner'" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, "'HTML Accessibility Task Force'" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Silvia Pfeiffer wrote > > 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. Hi Silvia, I can't speak for all mobile devices, but I can certainly access contextual menus on my current mobile device (Android/Samsung Galaxy II) via the device's menu button. Additionally, on images, press+hold opens a different context menu, that allows (for example) to Open in New Window, Copy Link URL, or Save the Image. I can't see why adding "View longer description" couldn't be an additional option there. (I will also note that press+hold doesn't work for blind users, nor users with severe mobility restrictions.) The point is, there are going to be some types of requirements that will need to change based on user and device, but the overwhelming requirement of "expose and offer" will remain the same despite the form factor of the device in question. These types of requirements are not unique to @longdesc. JF
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