- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:53:39 -0600
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Hi Sam, > Correction: Issue 30 was resolved prior to Last Call. It was subsequently > re-opened. That is true. And as a contingent for going to Last Call that reopened issue was to suppose to have been expedited. That has not happened. The Chairs control the agenda and have had ample time have had since last spring to split issues and see that dependencies were taken care of. > You are asking that ISSUE-30 be re-resolved before Jonas and/or Matthew have > completed their proposal(s). No, Sam I am not. I am asking for ISSUE-30 to be resolved before publishing yet another draft. If also you want to resolved other issues prior to publishing another draft that is your prerogative. > Can you explain the importance of what might very well be a temporary > resolution of this issue would be? It would not be temporary if you resolve 204 first. The importance of all of this is that longer longdesc is obsolete, the more people will not use it or stop using it. It discourages and deters uptake. I have collected a non-negligible number of examples [1] that utilize longdesc in meaningful ways. However, delay is eating way evidence. I have to remove examples weekly. People read that longdesc is obsolete...so why use it? For instance, a page on about.com says, "The LONGDESC attribute allows you to put a URL to a longer description of the image. This attribute is obsolete in HTML5. You should use a normal A tag to link to a longer description instead. This attribute is valid HTML4, and is not deprecated in that version." [2] Jennifer Kyrnin has been contacted numerous times (starting last June) informing her that longdesc is currently an open issue in the W3C HTML5 Working Group and a change proposal has been written, which the HTML5 Accessibility Task Force supports. It would make longdesc conforming. She has been asked if she could please update the text on her page to say that longdesc in HTML5 is currently an open issue. She said she would but never has. The text remains. Every beat of HTML5's heart without longdesc, suffocates longdesc more. Best Regards, Laura [1] http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld.html#wild [2] http://webdesign.about.com/od/beginningtutorials/a/image_tag_img.htm -- Laura L. Carlson
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