- From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:50:51 -0400
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- CC: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Hi Gregory, Why just the "long descriptor"? What about short descriptors? Would providing these via an image properties dialog be sufficient? -Jan Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > aloha! > > i'm not sure whether the following falls under 3.6 or 3.7 or in a > checkpoint of its own: > > 1. Allow configuration to allow simultaneous rendering of an image and > its long descriptor > > use cases: > 1. user with severely restricted viewport needs guidance through the flow > of the image; > > 2. are users with cognitive processing issues who will require guidance > through the detailed description > > (more use cases at: > http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/LongdescRetention > the page name is misleading, as the actual title of the page is > "Image Equivalent Content", the "Requirement" of which is recorded thus: > > "In situations where images are not available to the user (because of > disability, choice, or UA limitation) there is a need for a mechanism > that presents equivalent content to the user, either as an alternative to > the image or in a side-by-side exposition. Equivalent content is not, nor > should it be, and either/or proposition, and its method of exposition > should be subject to user control, as some user groups may need both the > image and its detailed description in order to make sense of the image > or — in the case of a user with an extremely small viewport — to follow > the image's flow." > > and, yes, if that sounds familiar, its because i wrote it) > > as for the "doing more" portion, here is what i verbally proposed at > today's telecon: > > --- DOING MORE --- > Support for ARIA concept of "context menus" for objects/elements: > > 1. expose entire range of possibilities available to the user via a > context menu > > 2. limit range of possibilities to user-defined pre-selection (via > preferences) > > 3. exclude/include content-types/formats through UA's user preferences > > No matter which setting the user sets as the default, there must be a > mechanism that enables the exposure of the full range of possibilities -- > even when a user has pre-set what content-types to include, as the author > may not have provided any conditional/alternative content that meets the > user's pre-set criterion. It is for this reason that support for ARIA > context menus is strongly encouraged, as they can display the entire > range of controls and options available to the end user. > --- END DOING MORE --- > > RESOURCE NOTE FOR UAWG: > > Note: the first instances of the string "context menus" should link to > the ARIA document or the ARIA Best Practices document (which currently > exists only on the ESW wiki, but which is being pulled together into a > W3C note) > > Relevant ARIA Properties: > > 1. latest PF Editor's draft (member-confidential) > http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/adaptable/#haspopup > http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/adaptable/#controls > http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/adaptable/#owns > > 2. latest public draft > http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-aria-state-20071019/#haspopup > http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-aria-state-20071019/#controls > http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-aria-state-20071019/#owns > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Kill the rattlesnake that gives no warning; spare the one that > does." -- Lenni Lenape proverb > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net> > Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html > Oedipus' Online Complex: http://my.opera.com/oedipus/ > UBATS - United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- Jan Richards, M.Sc. User Interface Design Specialist Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) Faculty of Information Studies University of Toronto Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca Web: http://jan.atrc.utoronto.ca Phone: 416-946-7060 Fax: 416-971-2896
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