- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:44:34 -0400
- To: Geoff Freed <geoff_freed@wgbh.org>, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- CC: public-html-a11y@w3.org
On 09/23/2012 04:16 PM, Geoff Freed wrote: > > Just for the record, I think that @longdesc *should* be improved. If > the name remains the same, fine. If it changes or is moved to ARIA, > fine. I just don't want it to go away before that new Thing is > available. I must say that that's an eminently reasonable position to take. Geoff: I gather that James hasn't convinced you that iframe is a superior solution to address the challenges you face. James: and I gather that Geoff hasn't convinced you to advocate within Apple to natively implement support for longdesc. And while I identified both of you as individuals, I note that neither of you are alone in your positions on this matter. Again I ask: is there any chance that we can get a consensus spec out of this: one that doesn't attempt to portray publishing software that produces markup including longdesc as non-conforming; nor does it attempt to portray user agent software that doesn't natively implement longdesc as non-conforming? Geoff: if such an extension specification were written, could you live with that for now? James: same question. - Sam Ruby
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