- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:18:29 +0100
- To: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Cc: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu>, "wai-xtech@w3.org" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Janina Sajka, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:50:43 -0500: > Leif Halvard Silli writes: >> Laura Carlson, Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:55:09 -0600: >>> What about the user level? What is impacted? >> >> At the user level, the impact is meant to lead to a richer experience. >> E.g. instead of flattening the following link to a text string, the >> user instead receives it as a link: >> >> <img src=image aria-describedby=description alt=text > >> <a id=description hidden=hidden aria-hidden=true >> href=link >Link to long description.</a> >> >> And according to Jonas, last week in public-html@, then whether the AT >> would perceive the above link as link, would not depend on the AT - but >> on the UA. If that is so, then it diminishes the possible downsides a >> lot: The only requirement would then be that the AT supports >> @aria-describedby. > > And what about people who might want to consume the content but who do > not use AT? I seem to recall this was an important requirement of the > HTML-WG some months back, and rightfully so. Good question. Currently, the spec says that @hidden can be used for content that has been written *especially* for AT users. > 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 am not certain that that is a good point: Even without @hidden, one can do the same thing - but with more work for the author. Also, @longdesc only works for <img> - while @aria-describedby and @hidden can be used all over. -- Leif Halvard Silli
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