- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 22:01:31 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Does anyone see a problem with OBJECT's lack of a LONGDESC attribute for long descriptions? OBJECT can contain markup for a rich alternative to the embedded object, but there is no method of giving a richer description than the TITLE attribute can provide. Consider, for example, a company logo, which I might mark up as follows if using OBJECT: <OBJECT data="logo.gif" title="XYZ Company Logo"> XYZ Company </OBJECT> A company logo could benefit from a long description, but that's not possible except by removing the seamless accessibility of the preceding example and placing the long description within the OBJECT element. When we start mixing an object's description and replacement (as has long been done with IMG's ALT attribute), we make it difficult for user agents to render content without the seams from a visual Web becoming a distraction. -- Liam Quinn Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/
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