- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 11:59:37 +1000 (EST)
- To: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
try the following markup <OBJECT DATA="logo.gif" TYPE="image/gif" TITLE="XYZ Company logo"> XYZ Company <A HREF="logo.html" TITLE="Logo description">logo description</A> </OBJECT> Charles McCathieNevile On Mon, 4 May 1998, Liam Quinn wrote: > 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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