Re: My case for the obsoletion of longdesc (Was: 48-Hour Consensus Call: InstateLongdesc CP Update)

On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:12 PM, Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote:

> James Craig, Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:50:43 -0700:
>> On Sep 17, 2012, at 1:56 AM, Leif Halvard Silli 
>> <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote:
>> 
>>> One problem with the <iframe> approach (and one that I by accident 
>>> experienced with fiddling your solution), is that it puts some 
>>> limitations on what the content of the long description can - or should 
>>> - be. For example, imagine that it the description were to contain 
>>> interactive content or audio/video.
>> 
>> As long as it doesn't auto-play, I don't see any problem with 
>> including audio or video content.
> 
> So there you confirm one limitation.

Touché.

> Also, you did not comment on the link (or interactive content - 
> audio/video are not interactive content, per HTML5). 

I'm working through the past several days' list of replies as quickly as I can. It's been a pretty busy week so far. ;-)

James

Received on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 23:23:00 UTC