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Bug 23287 - strengthen requirement for user access to longdesc
Summary: strengthen requirement for user access to longdesc
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML Image Description Extension (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Charles McCathieNevile
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: a11y, editorial, LC
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Reported: 2013-09-19 13:54 UTC by Charles McCathieNevile
Modified: 2014-01-13 21:03 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Charles McCathieNevile 2013-09-19 13:54:06 UTC 
Guy Moreau, in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Jul/0034.html asked to strengthen the requirements on how user agents make longdescs accessible to ordinary users.
Comment 1 Mark Sadecki 2014-01-13 21:03:51 UTC 
Guy,
Thanks for your feedback. The Task Force has considered your suggestion to more explicitly define the behavior requirements on User Agents for accessing longdesc. We agree that discoverability is a key component in the success of longdesc, which is why we listed it in the Requirements section. However, the Task Force has decided to allow User Agents the flexibility to develop innovative solutions for users to discover and interact with longdesc content. There are known implementation strategies that would not meet the restriction you suggested in your comment, such as that used by the TellMeMore extension, or the ability to provide the description directly in a "popup window". Innovative solutions such as these would not be possible if the specification required any particular solution.

Email: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Dec/0056.html