Recently I Twittered daily about longdesc, the classic unsung HTML attribute which supports long descriptions of images. Here’s a summary of the tweets/links: HTML5 Image Description Extension (longdesc) specification Solving the longdesc problem (also read comments) by Leonie Watson longdesk – a Firefox add-on to support the longdesc attribute by Anthony Ricaud Longdesc Chrome extension “User […]
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There’s a debate over whether or not the longdesc attribute should be made obsolete in HTML5. I wrote a bit about it a few months ago in the article Longdesc & Other Long Image Description Solutions. Recently the Association of American Publishers (AAP) submitted feedback on longdesc to the W3C HTML 5 Working Group. It’s […]
What’s the fate of the “longdesc” attribute in HTML5? Can or should the “aria-labelledby” ARIA attribute replace it? These are some of the controversial issues discussed by Dennis and guests John Foliot (@johnfoliot), Everett Zufelt (@ezufelt), and Joe Dolson (@joedolson). Download Web Axe Episode 83 (Fate of Longdesc in HTML5) [transcript of podcast 83] Related […]
Recently I attended Open Web Camp 6 (@OpenWebCamp) at the beautiful PayPal headquarters in sunny San Jose, California. Like every year, the event is coordinated by @JohnFoliot. If you want to review the Twitter feed, the hash tag is #OWC6. Like last year, the cost of the event was only $10, and attendees get a nice lunch, a t-shirt, and some other swag. The […]
Although improving, accessibility of Twitter and third-party applications has been an issue over the years, and even more so, the images within tweets. You can now provide accessible images for your Tweets using the web-accessible Twitter client Easy Chirp (@EasyChirp) which allows a title (a short description) and a long description to be entered along with the image. […]