- From: Kyle Weems <Kyle@mindfly.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:34:48 -0700
- To: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Leif Halvard Silli Said: >Actually, in order to 100% imitate the normal @longdesc behavior, >then it seems that the anchor element in that example should also >have had target="_blank". > >That is the behavior with Internet Explorer, AFAIK. It is also the >behavior in iCab. And now I also tested it in Opera (though Opera >opens the page in Tab - but thanks to Opera's way of remembering >Tab opening order, once you close the page, you will be back at >the original image. > >Just to underline that @longdesc is different from describedby. Thanks for that note! I'm definitely trying to make it as easy as possible for browsers to serve the transcripts to the visually-impaired without impacting the design for the sighted, but I admit I have no firsthand experience in how either attribute works in a given browser. -- Kyle Weems
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