10077 2010-07-04 17:59:17 +0000 The <embed> should support an alt attribute. While the embedded content should provide for accessilibility of the embedded object, the developer doesn't always have control over those content, some embeddable formats are inherently less accessible, and th 2010-10-04 14:55:24 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other VERIFIED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-embed-element a11y, a11ytf, a11y_text-alt P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian cooper ian laura.lee.carlson mike public-html-a11y public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 36569 0 contributor 2010-07-04 17:59:17 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-embed-element Comment: The <embed> should support an alt attribute. While the embedded content should provide for accessilibility of the embedded object, the developer doesn't always have control over those content, some embeddable formats are inherently less accessible, and the developer should have a means to provide added context (title can help, but different purpose) to help the user determine whether the embedded content is worth navigating into. Posted from: 99.170.149.16 38246 1 ian 2010-08-30 18:27:01 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: Just use <object> if you have something to fall back to. 38297 2 cooper 2010-08-31 13:31:20 +0000 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Aug/0013.html The bug triage sub-team recommends the accessibility task force follow this. 38302 3 cooper 2010-08-31 13:33:26 +0000 The bug triage sub-team thinks we need to determine how text alternative approach works on <embed> 38345 4 cooper 2010-08-31 16:54:58 +0000 Bug triage sub-team accepts wontfix status of this bug. The core issue is represented by Bug 8885, and we will work on providing the needed information there.