Re: [whatwg] Question regarding accessibility for img

2008-12-01 Thread Pentasis
From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Geoffrey Sneddon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Pentasis [EMAIL PROTECTED]; whatwg@lists.whatwg.org Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [whatwg] Question regarding accessibility for img Geoffrey Sneddon wrote: On 30 Nov 2008, at 16:40

[whatwg] Question regarding accessibility for img

2008-11-30 Thread Pentasis
I notice that it says in the spec under the img-section: There has been some suggestion that the longdesc attribute from HTML4, or some other mechanism that is more powerful than alt=, should be included. This has not yet been considered. May I ask why it has not been considered (yet)? Bert

Re: [whatwg] Question regarding accessibility for img

2008-11-30 Thread Geoffrey Sneddon
On 30 Nov 2008, at 16:40, Pentasis wrote: I notice that it says in the spec under the img-section: There has been some suggestion that the longdesc attribute from HTML4, or some other mechanism that is more powerful than alt=, should be included. This has not yet been considered. May I

Re: [whatwg] Question regarding accessibility for img

2008-11-30 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Geoffrey Sneddon wrote: On 30 Nov 2008, at 16:40, Pentasis wrote: I notice that it says in the spec under the img-section: There has been some suggestion that the longdesc attribute from HTML4, or some other mechanism that is more powerful than alt=, should be included. This has not yet

Re: [whatwg] Question regarding accessibility for img

2008-11-30 Thread Ian Hickson
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008, Pentasis wrote: I notice that it says in the spec under the img-section: There has been some suggestion that the longdesc attribute from HTML4, or some other mechanism that is more powerful than alt=, should be included. This has not yet been considered. May I ask