Re: From the HTML-WG about aria-hidden

• From: Jason White <jason@jasonjgw.net>
• Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:59:26 +1100
• To: wai-xtech@w3.org
• Cc: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu>
• Message-ID: <20120217025926.GA15131@jdc.jasonjgw.net>

Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
 
> It seems to me a lot of complication is being concocted to serve a
> function far more simply served by longdesc. I still suggest a shave
> with Occam's Razor.

I was about to post a similar comment. Furthermore, as the example in this
case shows, the unnecessary complexity is imposed directly on the HTML author,
which experience tells me is not a good recipe for widespread and correct
implementations.

Received on Friday, 17 February 2012 02:59:55 UTC