[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 10448] Support Longdesc atribute at img element

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10448


Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson at gmail.com>  2013-03-25 07:49:10 PST ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Please describe what kind of support for LONGDESC you would like to see, and why. Some implementation options could be:
> - adding a link to context menu;
> - implementing a property inspector for end users, similar to Firefox one;
> - displaying a link in addition to ALT text if image loading is disabled;
> - never displaying it, but using it in VoiceOver.
> 
> Many people think that this attribute does not really help accessibility, and it may be even removed from future versions of HTML altogether. So, we need 
> very specific use cases to handle this issue with high priority.

longdesc is a valid HTML5 attribute.

HTML Image Description Extension Draft Published 
http://www.w3.org/News/2013.html#entry-9756

The W3C validator http://validator.w3.org was updated last week to support the longdesc attribute as specified in http://www.w3.org/TR/html-longdesc/

As for support innovative browser vendors and developers provide ways that make longdesc discoverable:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/research/ld-ua.html

Please fix this bug. Thank you.

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