- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:56:33 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Joshue O Connor wrote: > Ian Hickson wrote: > > I hate to throw fuel on the fire here, but as far as longdesc="" is > > concerned, the reason it isn't in HTML5 is that there has never been > > any feedback sent that described a problem for which longdesc="" was > > even remotely considered as a solution. > > Secondly, what about the need for a long descriptor? The authors of HTML 4 saw > a need for it. Has this need gone away? What is the problem that a long description is solving? A long description isn't a need, it's a solution to a need/requirement/problem. If the need is something like "users who can't see bar charts need a way to have the information in the bar chart conveyed to them", why isn't <p> sufficient? Are there any examples where putting the information on a different page in a way that requires explicit activation to show the information is ever a significantly better solution than just having the information be right there in the page for everyone to see? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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