- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:11:04 -0500
- To: sailesh.panchang@deque.com
- Cc: W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Hi Sailesh, > Longdesc is meant for non visual access to info that is redundant for > sighted users. We have tried to explain this in the HTML5 change proposal to reinstate longdesc into HTML: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc If anyone has suggestions to improve this proposal please let me know. All comments are welcome. > So is it worth the > trouble of defining something new and then hoping user agents will implement > it? A concern has also been articulated regarding authoring tools: "Authoring tool vendors are likely to find it difficult (or even impossible) to build user-friendly interfaces that use the aria-describedby feature. This is likely to result in confusion and little use of the feature." - Vlad Alexander, XStandard authoring tool vendor, April, 20, 2011. http://rebuildingtheweb.com/en/longdesc-replacement/#c20110420144040 Best Regards, Laura -- Laura L. Carlson
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