- From: Ben Boyle <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 01:40:35 +1000
- To: "Robert Burns" <rob@robburns.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
lol, that's weird, but yep... it would work. Bit boring when you press "Play" though. I've added CSS image replacement techniques to the wiki, On 7/6/07, Robert Burns <rob@robburns.com> wrote: > > On Jul 5, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Jon Barnett wrote: > > > I'm adding one more possible solution to the wiki: the CSS3 > > "content" property. > > > > While it is outside the scope of HTML, HTML 5 could recommend it > > for an image with rich fallback content if it can be considered a > > viable solution. > > > > Another "con" I failed to verbalize is that it ties the URL of the > > image - which is often considered part of "content" - to CSS, which > > is "presentation". Using the "style" attribute to specify it helps > > with this. > > > > Feel free to edit its pros and cons. > > > I too have another suggestion (one that I think authors might use > whether we want the to or not; especially if we don't provide a > decent alternative). Authors can simply use the element <video > src='mystillimage'>,fallback</video>. This will allow them to provide > semantically rich or media rich fallback for their still images > without having to resort to @longdesc. After all, what is a still > image, but a video with only one frame. I'll add that to the wiki too > > Take care, > Rob >
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