Re: Drop longdesc, get aria-describedat?

Hi Steve,

> the details element is an example of a conforming HTML5 feature that
> triggers a warning in the http://validator.w3.org/nu/
>
> "Warning: The details element is not supported properly by browsers yet. It
> would probably be better to wait for implementations."
>
> If longdesc becomes conforming in HTML5, I would strongly favour a warning
> to inform developers of its lack of support.

*Fully* conforming with an implementation warning would be fine with
me if all other longdesc "solutions" also had warnings for their
implementation problems and their other inherent problems.

Best Regards,
Laura
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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Monday, 12 March 2012 12:18:03 UTC