- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:10:12 +0200
- To: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
Steven Faulkner, Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:22:01 +0100: > BTW > what I have suggested is not a standardized feature, just an example > of how to code a programmatically associated long description. > > I consider it a requirement for HTML5 that standardized language > feature (attribute or element) for providing a programmatically > associated long description is specified. > > Whether it be an improved longdesc or something else, I don't mind, > but I don't consider longdesc as specced and implemented is good > enough. Your proposal bear in itself the potential of being a standardized feature: if we added rel="longdesc" to HTML5, then <a> and <area> elements could be used to link to long descriptions. As for specifically @longdesc, then I created a some tests to compare it against your image map idea for the same purpose: http://malform.no/testing/longdesc/ Conclusion: It is doable and seems to be more cross-screenreader compatible than @longdesc. (In the past, I have also created a simplisticc javascript based @longdesc demo — this test suite does not use javscript.) But it far from perfect and not simple to get to work. In order to make it work, I had to use ARIA. I also had to use @shape and @coords on the anchor element (not permitted in HTML5, as of yet.) -- leif halvard silli
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