yes long description is used by more than just people who are blind. It is important that others be able to see the long description too. it is helpful for people with cognitive, language, and learning disabilities - especially when it is hard for them to pick out the important elements or purpose of the graphic/chart/image etc. for example. Gregg ----------------------- Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. Director Trace R&D Center Professor Industrial & Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison On Apr 23, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Leif H Silli wrote: > Reply to Jonas: >>>> In fact, we could even display a context menu item >>>> for each link if there are multiple as aria-describedby allows >>>> pointing to multiple elements, many of which could be links. >>> >>> Then some would use @aria-describedby for the purpose of the link, >>> while others would use it for the purpose of its text content = purpose >>> crash. >> >> That is your interpretation of the ARIA spec. One that I don't agree >> with. And based on the subject of this thread, one that the spec >> editors might not agree with either. >> >> My interpretation is that everyone should see the link. > > Like Maciej allready replied, it is important what you mean by "see". Except VoiceOver users and other keyboard users, everyone see longdesk if they use iCab. That many don't see longdesk is a problem due to the user agents. > > When it comes to the interpretation of ARIA: Steve documented that AT SHOULD present content pointed out by aria-describedby as markup. > > So do you want to make the presentation of description links depend on that the SHOULD becomes a MUST? > > It seems to me that the longdesklink should be available to AT even without such a MUST. > -- > leif h silli
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