- From: Wendy A Chisholm <chisholm@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:32:08 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
>LQ:: An author would use the LONGDESC attribute of IMG rather than an >explicit D-link. With OBJECTs, the author has no method to give a long >description since there is no LONGDESC attribute on OBJECT; perhaps a >future version of HTML will fix this. > WC:: Within the body of the OBJECT element, an author can provide as much text as they would like, or even alternative OBJECTs. If the OBJECT is of type "image/gif" and the user wishes not to load graphics, then the content of the OBJECT could be displayed or the user agent could create a button that will cause the text to be displayed on request. The user agent could do a number of things: pop up a window with the description, include the description in-line, or however the user wants it presented (ala style sheets, user agent configuration, or whatever else comes about). I think HTML has included the appropriate provisions for the user agents to do something interesting and useful. --w wendy chisholm human factors engineer trace research and development center university of wisconsin - madison, USA
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