RE: LONGDESC - an example

Aaron,

If you have either Netscape 6.2 + or Mozilla 1.0 + installed on your system
use either to visit the following:
http://www.bytowninternet.com/examples/longdesc.html

Place your cursor over the larger image, right click and select Properties.
The Display Box will show the various properties of the image, including
whether or not there is a Description (this time, of course, there is...).
Click on that link to see the Longdesc file.

While it's a strange implementation, it *is* useful when showing the
uninitiated the *how* and *why* of longdesc, which is why I created the
above page.  Currently IBM HPR and the latest JAWS release support Longdesc
by announcing the presence of the link, not sure about other adaptive
technologies (pwWebspeak used to acknowledge the longdesc, but I could never
figure out how to actually access the file...).  See my spin on the "D Link"
as well... (same page).

Good Luck.

JF

> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On
> Behalf Of Aaron Smith
> Sent: October 18, 2002 3:42 PM
> To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Subject: LONGDESC
>
>
> I find myself suddenly confused about the LONGDESC attribute.
> According to
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/sam3-0.htm, the LONGDESC attribute
> resides in an image tag such as the following:
>
> <IMG SRC="graph1.gif" LONGDESC="graph1.htm" ALT="3-d sales chart.">
>
> But when is access to graph1.htm presented to the user? Is this IMG
> supposed to be a link to graph1.htm? Is the UA supposed to render
> a D link
> to the LONGDESC URI immediately following the IMG object? Is an
> AT supposed
> to simply announce the URI? I assume that the average user isn't supposed
> to view the source, copy the URI. and paste it into the address edit box
> just to find the LONGDESC text, right?
>
> Can someone educate me?
>
> Thanks,
>
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Received on Friday, 18 October 2002 19:38:37 UTC