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Re: aria-describedat In or Not In

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Mar 17, 2018 9:27AM

Whoops, I read the attribute wrong. I guess it is good it got obsoleted without adjustments to Speech dictionaries the two attributes sound the same at high speed rates.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Mar 17, 2018, at 11:23 AM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Hi Patrik, aria-describedat was made obsolete by aria-details before ARIA 1.1 became a recommendation
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> Aria-details does have some support limitations that I have documented.
> https://labs.levelaccess.com/index.php/ARIA_details_property
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > On Behalf Of pratik roy
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 10:52 AM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] aria-describedat In or Not In
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> aria-describeat can be a very useful contribution to ARIA family as it is meant to be the replacement for longdesc in HTML 5. But it is quite some time now and no User Agent is supporting (plz let me know if there is any) this attribute. Please share if anyone has any idea about when we can start using this without worrying about compatibility.
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> Thanks & Regards
> PRATIK ROY
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