Re: srcN - Alternative to picture and srcset

I asked it, because the question  was raised in the Drupal 8 issue queue,
so I guess some people still use it.

For picture it might be possible by using a 'usemap' on the source element,
but no idea how srcN will solve this


On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Aaron Gustafson <aaron@easy-designs.net>wrote:

> On Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Anselm Hannemann wrote:
>
> I am not sure about this but I do think we cannot postpone this for an img
> attribute solution.
> As usemap is an attribute referring to the img element’s source (in this
> case src-N) it should (must??) be supported by src-N.
> For picture, as this is a completely new and different element, there is
> no need to support it though.
>
>
> Agreed, we need to address it, but this is gonna be an interesting can of
> worms. For MQs I can’t see doing anything but supplying multiple maps (ick).
>
> I realize its a bit of a cop-out, but would it be horrible to declare
> usemap incompatible with srcN?
>
> Do we have #s on current use of client-side image maps? They are not a
> current best practice for numerous reasons (not the least of which is
> accessibility).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aaron
>
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