Re: Issue 30 (Was: RE: Getting HTML5 to Recommendation in 2014)

Sam Ruby, Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:36:13 -0400:
> We have evidence that longdesc works well in education settings that 
> exist behind copyright restrictions, and authors of addons quite 
> willing to fill in gaps that major browser vendors may leave:
> 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2012Sep/0382.html
> 
> We also have indications that longdesc as currently defined is not 
> quite as successful in non-educational non-copyright restricted 
> settings:
> 
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2012Sep/0295.html

Quite a few of the use cases that the longdesc Change Proposal 
identifies are 'restricted' in one way or another. Take for instance 
the HTML newsletter e-mail use case. For one, embedded content in HTML 
e-mail is a big issue in itself. My e-mail program allows me to disable 
and enable image display. But it does not allow me to see embedded 
iframes it. My old client, Thunderbirds by default blocks external 
content - but allows me to enable, including iframe. 

Leif Halvard Silli

Received on Thursday, 20 September 2012 15:44:12 UTC