Although I can see providing access to longdesc and cite via a
contextual menu, it wasn't the intent of the authors of HTML 4 that all
elements and attributes would be supported by a single browser.
HTML is intended to be sufficiently rich to be accessible via multiple
modalities. For example, a speech browser will have different
capabilities and requirements than a text and graphics browser. Even in
the text and graphics domain, there are details of scale (wristwatch vs.
JumboTron) and input modalities (pointing device and text input
methods). And then there's language. Very few browsers support the dir
attribute and I'm sure that's going to remain the case for a long time.
_emt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:12 AM
> To: Mac Internet Explorer Talk
> Subject: RE: Use of cite attribute
>
> Jimmy Grewal wrote:
>
> >>When you are editing an HTML document, you can use the attribute
cite.
> >>
> >><blockquote
> >>cite="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/ie/5_1/t_default.asp";
> >>xml:lang="en" lang="en">
> >><p>
> >>Internet Explorer 5.1 Preview Release is a fully native Carbon
> >>application that has been optimized for Mac OS X. Not only does
> >>Internet Explorer 5.1 have an updated user interface and browser
> >>colors to match Mac OS X and Aqua, but it also offers a number of
> >>other great features:
> >></p>
> >></blockquote>
>
> >We are slowly working to improve the content on our web sites, and
I'm
> >passing your suggestion on to the team. As a larger percentage of
> >visitors to our site upgrade to more modern browsers, will transition
to
> >more compliant content. It will also be easier once all the tools we
> >use do the same.
>
> Somewhat along the same lines, it would be nice to see IE support all
the
> attributes in HTML 4. The example that comes to mind is LONGDESC,
which I
> believe is part of IMG.
>
> I read an article by Joe Clark on accessibility, and apparently there
are
> several cases where the spec has a neat idea, but it's "optional" and
> almost nobody implements it.
>
>
> Paul
>
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