Re: Is longdesc a good solution?

lachlan
I am not arguing against running studies, if a methodology can be
agreed upon, then please go ahead.


david poehlmann wrote:

>If I see a text link, it would have to be well labeled for me to know that
>it is a descriptive link.  if I see a longdesc associated with a link, I
>don't have to make a leap.


This does not appear to be speculation, it appears to be the
experience of one potential consumer of longdesc.

regards

stevef

2008/9/6 Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>:
> Steven Faulkner wrote:
>>
>> Lachlan wrote:
>>>
>>> That seems like nothing more than speculation about the usability of long
>>> description links.  It's certainly not an argument against doing the
>>> study,
>>> since whether or not it really is an issue for users, would be revealed
>>> by
>>> the study itself.
>>
>> As i understand it david is one of the 'users' you talk about, so his
>> views are useful, and there are at least a few other potential
>> consumers of longdesc in the HTML WG, listening to them may be a good
>> place to start on such things.
>
> Yes, I'm aware of that. But my point was that until we have objective
> evidence to verify his claims, all we have is speculation and hypotheses;
> and speculation about usability problems is not a reason to avoid doing a
> usability study that would verify that.
>
> --
> Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software
> http://lachy.id.au/
> http://www.opera.com/
>



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Steve Faulkner
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