- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:36:32 -0700
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Cc: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Sep 2, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:59:43 +0600, Maciej Stachowiak > <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Dan Connolly wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 00:33 -0700, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >>>> Based on what Henri says, I instead suggest closing ISSUE-30, >>>> unless >>>> someone objects. >>> >>> Works for me. > > Not for me at this stage. > >>> But let's be as clear as we can in subject lines. >>> It might be worth using the announce list for proposals >>> to close issues. And let's not rely on issue numbers alone; >>> i.e. let's not rely on people who >>> are interested in, for example, longdesc remembering >>> it as issue-30. >> >> I take back the suggestion to close it right away, since there is >> at least some minor disagreement. Follow-up discussion to come later. > > Thanks. I think the next action might be on me, to report on our > experience of actually *implementing* this attribute in a mainstream > browser, and how we think it does/will compare to aria-describedBy. > Can I please have an action to do the same, provisionally due about > 18 Septmeber? The WAI Consensus Resolution says that longdesc can be removed in favor of aria-describedby, and I thought this was the rough consensus position of the HTML Working Group as well. Do you disagree with that view? Regards, Maciej
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