- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:45:31 -0700
- To: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>
- Cc: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>, public-html@w3.org
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 6:33 PM, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> wrote: > Jonas Sicking wrote: >> >> My argument is that it doesn't add any value to any market segment. >> @aria-describedby already provides the functionality that @longdesc >> does. > > Jonas, I'm sorry but that is patently false. Leif and I have offered > samples, explanations and real world scenarios that disprove this mistaken > belief, and continuing to cling to it simply shows intransigence on your > part. They are similar in many ways, and different in many other ways. A > shoe is not a boot, and a boot is not a shoe - yet both are foot-ware. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. So far I have not seen an argument why the two are different enough to warrant keeping both. >> > Two examples: >> > >> > 1) <html><head><title>Test</title></head><body><img >> > aria-describedby="1"><a href="1.html" >> id="1">description</a></body></html> >> > >> > 2) <html><head><title>Test</title></head><body><img >> > longdesc="1.htm"></body></html> >> > >> >> I'll ignore the false math here. (Or show me a real-world document >> that would save 35% in size by using @longdesc over @aria-describedby) > > > 82/125 = 65/100% difference = 35%. And every byte counts(TM)... > (the examples above 'could' be a real world examples. Copy, paste, save, > compare) I guess we'll also have to agree to disagree what "real-world" is ;) / Jonas
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