[Nfb-web] No longDesc in html5

[E.J. Zufelt]

Well, I would recommend just providing the text with the image.  Or rethinking whether you can't just be using the alt attribute for this.  It's seldom, IMO, that you really need a longDesc for an image, if the description is really that long it likely should be displayed with the image.  Whatever meaning you think the image is conveying is likely ambiguous and all users will likely benefit from the precise description.  Alternatively you can provide a like to the long description, which can either link to another page, or use Javascript to expose a description.  You can also use aria-describedBy, but this will only work with ARIA capable technologies.


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On 2010-08-11, at 5:39 PM, David Andrews wrote:

> 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:
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>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html
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>> 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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