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Re: longdesc or hidden div?

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Jul 7, 2015 6:14AM

I've been wondering about whether a hidden div following a complex image is
better than a longdesc.

It's my understanding that in HTML5 longdesc can reference a a page fragment within the current document. So I'm not sure why you could not use both longdesc and Aria-describedby.

Jonathan

On Jul 6, 2015, at 9:29 PM, " <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >" < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:

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24.06.2015, 17:44, "Mike Warner" < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >>:
Hi all,

I've been wondering about whether a hidden div following a complex image is
better than a longdesc. Since longdesc involves a pop-up or new tab, I'd
think that the hidden div would be preferable. Can I get your opinions on
this?

It isn't better. You force people to look at it or not based on your guess of what they want whereas one of the points of longdesc is to let the user choose when/whether to read it, there isn't a way to make a browser extension to find it (unless you point to it with longdesc, in which case "HUH?!?!?"...

(I would have been clearer but it is late)

cheers

Thank you,
Mike

Mike Warner
Director of IT Services
MindEdge, Inc.
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