> > It said too that a "d-link" is a solution. > > I've heard a lot about "d-link". I'm even using D-Link - it's a > manufacturer of hardware. I've never EVER seen "d-link" specified in > either WCAG, HTML, or an RFC - and never on a website. > > May I take this opportunity to ask if someone could point me to the > specification of "d-link"s ? > http://wats.ca/resources/longdesc/31 Tina, it's not so much a specification but rather a "recommendation" (now somewhat dated) which emerged from the (primarily) blind user community in the States. My first encounter with it was via the WGBH (http://ncam.wgbh.org/); early on Bobby also "spoke" of it, and continues to do so (http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/glossary.jsp). > > > On my own experience, no graphical browser accept the longdesc > attribute for img or frames. Lynx doesn't accept it too. > > All Gecko-based browsers support it. I use it myself, and has found it > very nice indeed, even if the Mozilla crowd could include a > *clickable* link instead of just making it available. Netscape 7.x (PC) does this. Place mouse cursor over image (see example above) and rightclick >> choose properties. The hyperlink to the longdesc.html file is active and "clickable" JF > > -- > - Tina Holmboe Greytower Technologies > tina@greytower.net http://www.greytower.net/ > [+46] 0708 557 905 > > > >Received on Wednesday, 18 June 2003 09:54:28 UTC
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