[Nfb-web] No longDesc in html5

[David Andrews]

I agree that it isn't often used, or used well, and I doubt most 
people click through to it -- I usually don't.  What are some other 
methods you would suggest for conveying that info effectively?

Dave

At 08:37 AM 8/11/2010, you wrote:
>Good morning all,
>
>Just passing along a quick note to inform anyone interested that the 
>longDesc attribute for images and frames will, as of today, not be 
>supported in html5.  This is of course subject to change.
>
>See:
>
>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html
>
>I for one am in support of this decision, there are far better ways 
>to provide extended information than by using a longDesc, and I 
>don't believe that it is often used by developers, or activated by 
>users when present.
>
>Thanks,
>Everett Zufelt
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