Re: CfC: Minor change to Image Tutorial requested by EOWG

+1 to accept change...

Cheers,
David MacDonald



*Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.*
Tel:  613.235.4902

LinkedIn
<http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100>

twitter.com/davidmacd

GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald>

www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/>



*  Adapting the web to all users*
*            Including those with disabilities*

If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy
<http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html>

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
> wrote:
>
>> CALL FOR CONSENSUS – ends Tuesday December 15 at 2:30am Boston time.
>>
>> EOWG received a request for a change to the complex images tutorial (
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/complex/).  This change is
>> relatively minor in that it is not changing whether any of the information
>> on the page is available, just the ordering of the options for authors to
>> be aware of.   We are proposing to accept the changes as described below
>> and approve updating the document online.
>>
>> The concern is that the Longdesc approach is listed first and the
>> commenter expressed that given limitations in longdesc support perhaps it
>> would be better to list other approaches before longdesc. Please review the
>> change, details below.
>>
>> The issue:
>> * Page: Images Tutorial - Complex Images <
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/complex/>
>> * Reviewer suggested changes:
>> + Move longdesc from 1st to 4th approach <
>> https://github.com/stevefaulkner/wai-tutorials/commit/04468f2b656348de30e0432915227fd298dc3aec
>> >
>> + Add "Warning!" and icon, change "all users" to "mouse users" <
>> https://github.com/stevefaulkner/wai-tutorials/commit/305fd9fd69d161a5c4ba4203d84dbe9216f9aaa3
>> >
>> * Rationale: <https://github.com/w3c/wai-tutorials/issues/330>
>>
>> EOWG Resolved to do accept the pull request and make minor text changes:
>> *  *Move longdesc from 1st to 4th approach*
>> (Additional minor edits were made from the pull request to accommodate
>> the change.)
>> * *Change text* from:
>> "In Firefox, long descriptions linked by longdesc are available to all
>> users through “View description” in the image’s context menu."
>> to:
>> "In Firefox, long descriptions linked by longdesc are available through
>> “View description” in the image’s context menu."
>> (Note: We were tempted to make other changes to polish the wording of the
>> sentence and others around it, but we refrained from that tangent. We
>> request others to also limit comments to important aspects.)
>> * *Do not add Warning and icon*.
>>
>> See it:
>> * Above changes in draft: <
>> http://w3c.github.io/wai-tutorials/images/complex/>
>> * Diff marked version: <
>> http://services.w3.org/htmldiff?doc1=http://w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/complex/&doc2=https://w3c.github.io/wai-tutorials/images/complex/
>> >
>>
>> If you have concerns about this proposal and feel that those concerns
>> result in you “not being able to live with” this position, please let the
>> group know before the CfC deadline.
>>
>> More info:
>> * EOWG minutes 11 Dec 2015 <
>> http://www.w3.org/2015/12/11-eo-minutes#item08>
>> * It is likely a new approach for long textual descriptions will be
>> provided the first part of next year. If you want more info on the Long
>> Text Mechanism Issue:
>> ** TPAC Minutes: http://www.w3.org/2015/10/29-dpub-minutes.html#item03
>> ** Dpub Comments:
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2015Oct/0120.html
>> ** Analysis Tool:
>> http://www.w3.org/2015/08/extended-description-analysis.html
>> ** Email Thread:
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2015Jul/0049.html
>> ** ARIA Minutes: <http://www.w3.org/2015/08/13-aria-minutes.html> & <
>> http://www.w3.org/2015/11/12-aria-minutes.html#item03>
>> * EOWG minutes 30 Jan 2015 http://www.w3.org/2015/01/30-eo-minutes#item04
>> * EOWG minutes 6 Feb 2015
>> http://www.w3.org/2015/02/06-eo-minutes.html#item08
>>
>> Thanks,
>> AWK
>>
>> Andrew Kirkpatrick
>> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
>> Adobe
>>
>> akirkpat@adobe.com
>> http://twitter.com/awkawk
>> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>>
>
>