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Re: Update on longdesc support in Firefox

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From: John Foliot
Date: May 30, 2013 2:03PM

I'd also like to remind everyone of this important note from Jennifer at
Mozilla:

"I also want to note for those on this thread that Bug 877453 is for
design and
patch creation only - not discussion of the merits of longdesc generally.
Please only comment on that bug if you're involved in its implementation.
Thanks!"

I urge everyone to respect this request. Let's let Mozilla do what they said
they will do.

Cheers!

JF



> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:webaim-forum-
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Vlad Alexander (XStandard)
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:29 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: [WebAIM] Update on longdesc support in Firefox
>
> Jennifer Morrow from Mozilla writes: "After further looking into this,
> we've decided to support the longdesc attribute in Firefox."
>
> For the entire post, please read:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id…4848#c59
>
> This was a community effort and it was great to see so many participate
> either through voting for this bug, commenting on the bug report and on
> the blog, through tweeting/retweeting or contacting Mozilla directly.
> Some of the people who took the lead on this advocacy effort are still
> talking to Mozilla to make sure this feature gets implemented in a
> timely manner. Mozilla has opened a new bug for implementation of this
> feature, and if you would like to get updates, please add yourself as a
> CC on bug 877453 here:
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id‡7453
>
> Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen and a big thanks to
> Laura Carlson ( https://twitter.com/laura_carlson ) for starting this
> campaign and inspiring others to join in.
>
> Regards,
> -Vlad
>
> > >