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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10455 --- Comment #75 from Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> 2010-09-02 21:40:58 --- (In reply to comment #72) > In reply to comment #69 > > i, for one, have maintained from the beginning that a verbose description > mechanism is NOT only for those who cannot process an image at all, but that it > has benefits for many other user groups: Good. I said it only because a correct problem description affects which solutions we look at. If we want to reach many uses, then we should also look at the feature that all users use: links. Hence rel="longdesc". > for example, a user with an extremely > limited viewport may only be able to process the information contained in the > image through the direction and guidance provided by the verbose descriptor; An excellent usecase! Would love that on my Nokia mobile phone. > likewise, it is relatively easy, using simple CSS, to make a strong visual > binding between a verbose descriptor and the object it describes -- a box of a > certain color could be generated to provide a color-coded border for an image > for which a verbose descriptor has been defined/ Indeed. But the same could also be possible with the help of selector such as [rel="longdesc"]. [...] > this is why i have oft articulated the mantra: "a verbose descriptor > should not be an either-or option for a user -- there are users who > will benefit greatly from the description even though they are capable > of visually processing the described image, in whole or in part I absolutely agree that many authors and designer are willing to provide visible long descriptions, even when the long descripion could be redundant. However, I think that if the long description is linked to via a feature (read @longdesc) which most user agents do not support and which most users are unaware of, then they may not be as willing to make it clear. That's why, in addition to @longdesc, we should *also* be able to use plain old links, equipped with programmatic purpose information, to link to long description. -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
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