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RE: Longdesc not working

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From: HAA
Date: Jul 13, 2005 7:38AM

Is there any prefered format to the files with the descriptions in?

At 13:38 13/07/2005, HAA wrote:
>The link goes to a page which describes the image, which can be brief or
>long, depending on what the image is.
>
>At 13:29 13/07/2005, Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC wrote:
>
>>In case it is of use to you, there are add-ons to the browser that will
>>allow you to view the longdesc without resorting to code reviews:
>>
>>https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&v
>>ersion=1.0&os=Windows&id=273 for Firefox
>>http://www.hackcraft.net/longdesclink/default.asp for Internet Explorer
>>
>>That said, although we do use longdesc here, and more importantly the
>>information can be accessed using a screen reader, I find it to be more
>>useful to simply link to a detailed description of the complex visual
>>data. The complex image gets a link to it's own web page describing the
>>content.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Norman
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Christian
>>Heilmann
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:35 AM
>>To: WebAIM Discussion List
>>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Longdesc not working
>>
>>
>> > I'm having difficulties in getting the longdesc working in any
>> > browser. Below is an example of what I have got at the moment. Any
>> > suggestions as to what is wrong (or where to go to find out) very much
>>
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > <img src="graphics_other/journal25_silver.jpg" alt=" the 25th Journal"
>>
>> > longdesc="d_files/journal25.htm"> <a href="d_files/journal25.htm"
>> > target="_blank">d</a></div>
>>
>>Longdesc is not supported by most of the current browsers. It is by
>>assistive technology though. You are doing the right thing, although the
>>D link is considered by some to be superfluous.
>>
>>What do you have in journal25? Longdesc is only needed if the image has
>>a lot of complex data, like a graph, for normal images it might be more
>>usable for everyone to have a caption instead underneath the image.
>>
>>http://www.webaim.org/techniques/images/6
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