On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:51:12 +0100, Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@målform.no> wrote: > Jonas Sicking, Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:13:54 -0700: >> As far as I can see aria-describedby addresses this use case. I >> believe ARIA is no explicitly supported by HTML5 drafts. > > Now I am surprised. Care to explain? See my concrete questions below. > >>> On 2/25/11, Geoff Freed wrote: > >>>> [ ... ] bear in mind that long descriptions are >>>> typically produced after the original content has been published. > > Jonas, when produced after the original, how would you use > aria-describdby? Same as longdesc. By editing the page unless you put a placeholder there that temporarily isn't helpful. In other words, I don't think that is an issue for picking between the two. > [...] >>>> Furthermore, those hosted descriptions will be living documents which >>>> may need to be improved upon in a collaborative and moderated >>>> fashion. [...] > > Jonas, how can aria-describedby address the use case of a description > that lives on another page? It can't. This is the major piece that longdesc can do which aria-describedBy doesn't. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.comReceived on Friday, 18 March 2011 05:44:26 UTC
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