- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 17:50:44 -0400
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, David Singer <singer@apple.com>, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, "public-html-admin@w3.org" <public-html-admin@w3.org>
Whether or not it's the only, it's sufficient to raise the question. If the support you allege is insufficient for PR, I don't see as we can accept it in this doc as a "best" practice. Steven Faulkner writes: > On 13 October 2014 21:40, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote: > > > There's a fundamental flaw between the stated intent of this document > > and the approaches it discusses and recommends. > > > > > Assuming you are referring to the following: > > "For any of the examples in this section the details and summary elements > > could be used so that the text descriptions for the images are only > > displayed on demand:" > > > which is accompanied by the following warning: > > The details and summary elements are not well supported by browsers, until > > such times they are supported, if used, you will need to use scripting to > > provide the functionality. There are a number of scripted polyfills > > available and also scripted custom controls are available, in popular > > JavaScript UI widget libraries, which provide similar functionality. > > > source: > http://w3c.github.io/alt-techniques/#graphical-representations-charts-diagrams-graphs-maps-illustrations > > I do not see how this advice is fundamentally flawed, and it is similar in > content to what I would have suggested for longdesc advice i.e. yes this > feature can be used but be warned you will have to do some extra work to > ensure the feature is practically usable as its support across is uneven. > > If this is the only example of what you consider a 'fundamental flaw' in > the advice in the doc? > > -- > > Regards > > SteveF > HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/> -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
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