- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:36:50 +0100
- To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- CC: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>, public-html@w3.org
Jonas Sicking On 09-10-30 16.24: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Joshue O Connor wrote: >> Leif Halvard Silli wrote: >>> I agree: That @longdesc is a link is the key. @longdesc has other >>> advantages as well, but they are all linked (sic!) to the fact that it >>> is a link. >>> >>> I wonder if it will be possible to make aria-describedby into a link, >>> though. [...] >> Yes, to give @aria-describedby the ability to reference a URI as well as >> a IDREF would be a great advantage. > > Why not simply say that if the IDREF points to an element that is a > link, then that link provides the description. If you want to single out *one* of the IDREFS that aria-describedby can contain as "the description", then why not rather use @longdesc for that? I see no simplicity in being able to say "but if your aria-describedby IDREF points to a link then ... " (I understand that I could have described this in a more LOL way. But sorry, I keep it dry.) > This forces authors to consider putting the link to the description in > the normal flow of the page, thus making it accessible to everyone, > not just users of AT tools. Something which usually is a win. +1 for supporting my idea that ARIA is for drawing links to things that is already in the page. > For the cases when rendering the link is not desired, the link can > simply be hidden using CSS or the @hidden attribute. See above about @longdesc. >Or you can place > the link in the <head> which is never rendered. And at the same time making "</head><body>" obligatory? Do you make a user agent where an anchor in the <head> is possible? It ain't possible in Webkit, at least. Unless you meant to use <link>? I don't think this is a good idea. -- leif halvard silli
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