[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14930: Enable automatic longdesc for images

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#14930: Enable automatic longdesc for images
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 Reporter:  mfields                   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Accessibility             |     Version:  3.0.1
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback needs-patch  |
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Comment (by Elpie):

 It's a really common mistake to think that longdesc is the description for
 an image. It's not! longdesc takes a URI as a value - an URL to a file
 that contains a long description for an image. '''It’s not the description
 itself.'''

 The problem with longdesc is that hardly anyone uses it and even fewer
 people use it correctly. Using it incorrectly is a barrier to
 accessibility. The proposed enhancement here would make images less
 accessible '''if'''  browsers actually supported it. AFAIK. there is only
 one browser that offers any kind of support for longdesc. Even then, the
 longdesc cannot be discovered unless you use Opera with an Opera
 extension.

 It's great to see people looking at improving accessibility but its
 important that changes comply with accessibility standards.

 I'm opposed to this enhancement. longdesc cannot be automatically
 generated as it is something that is done at editing level by the content
 creator.

 For more info: http://webaim.org/techniques/images/longdesc#methods

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