Re: ISSUE 30 @longdesc use cases

On 24/08/2010 21:51, Sailesh Panchang wrote:
>> This is somewhat circular reasoning. You're saying that it's obviously
>> a mistake to link to inside a @hidden subtree because it's disallowed.
>> No, I'm saying it's obviously a mistake to link to irrelevant content, and 
>> that content inside a block marked by a hidden="" attribute is by 
>> definition irrelevant.
>> Then I'm saying it's not allowed, so as to help authors using validators 
>> to catch this mistake.
> 
> This is getting a bit hilarious. 
> I thought there was some objection to longdesc content being available to
> only AT users. But here I see other mechanisms  being invented to allow
> access for AT users to content that is generally hidden. Beats me.

and me.

> Maybe these proponents do not realize that an AT user may access longdesc
> content only if he/she chooses to and does not have to access it every time
> tone navigates to the chart / graph. Instead of proposing such retrograde
> measures to banish longdesc, one may do well to urge browser makers to
> improve support for longdesc- an attribute that has been around for over a
> decade. E.g. at user's option make the longdesc content visible. 

Maha +1

Josh