https://wiki.whatwg.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Francesca&feedformat=atomWHATWG Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T09:56:06ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.3https://wiki.whatwg.org/index.php?title=Longdesc_usage&diff=7931Longdesc usage2012-02-15T16:40:23Z<p>Francesca: </p>
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<div>This is an analysis of how the <img longdesc=""> attribute is used in the wild, based on the list of 62 pages which used the attribute, available at:<br />
http://canvex.lazyilluminati.com/survey/2007-07-17/analyse.cgi/pages/tagattr/img/longdesc<br />
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The document list is included at the end of this page, numbered. When referring to pages, I just use their number.<br />
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== Errors ==<br />
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* 3, 10, 27, 31, and 46 were redirects; I did not check the pages their pointed to.<br />
* 22, 35, and 37 no longer have the string "longdesc" in them. <br />
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== Results ==<br />
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A large number of the pages were from Wikipedia (or other MediaWiki installations): 1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 36, 43, 45, 54, and 59. MediaWiki has a way of using longdesc particular to itself. Ignoring MediaWiki results:<br />
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* 2 pages used longdesc="" (5, 42)<br />
* 3 pages used longdesc="..." linking to an image of some description (41, 44, 56)<br />
* 12 pages used longdesc="..." not as an URL, but as a human-readable description:<br />
** 4 of which look like SEO attempts (13, 18, 48, 61)<br />
** 3 of which used the same string as they used for alt text (7, 23, 53)<br />
** 3 of which has different alt and longdesc text (16, 28, 52)<br />
** 1 of which used the same string as they did for title="" (15)<br />
** 1 of which used URL-escaped text (49)<br />
** 1 of which is in Russian, which I don't understand (32)<br />
* 21 pages used longdesc="..." as an URL:<br />
** 12 of which point to a location the same as one pointed to with a link nearby (20, 33, 34, 38, 40, 47, 50, 55, 57, 58, 60, 63)<br />
** 4 of which are broken links (4, 14, 26, 57)<br />
** 2 of which are valid links but seems not to comply with the spec (12, 39)<br />
** 2 of which is a correct use of the element (51, 62)<br />
** 1 of which seems to be better dealt with as a hyperlink rather than a longdesc attribute (8)<br />
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On 51, ironically, the only longdesc attribute is used on a link to an automated accessibility checker's website. 62 seems to serve up rather unhelpful text/plain one-liners for longdesc, claiming to be accessible made by a company that does accessible web design.<br />
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== Links list ==<br />
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1: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Borromini<br><br />
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation<br><br />
3: http://www.schirmer.com/composers/schoenberg_essay.html<br><br />
4: http://www.huntingtonhousing.com<br><br />
5: http://osierra.com<br><br />
6: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8 <br><br />
7: http://www.norwalkoh.com/<br><br />
8: http://www.domnowski.de/<br><br />
9: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morscheid<br><br />
10: http://www.eng.rpi.edu<br><br />
11: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Yemen<br><br />
12: http://www.aclu-ia.org/<br><br />
13: http://airbrush-tanning.us<br><br />
14: http://www.pr-photography.org/<br><br />
15: http://www.shakedown.fi/<br><br />
16: http://www.vds.org.uk<br><br />
17: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voghiera<br><br />
18: http://www.babylaundryboutique.com/<br><br />
19: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A4nische_Sprache<br><br />
20: http://www.coastal-fisherman.com/<br><br />
21: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthemius_de_Tralles<br><br />
22: http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/thewoburnrally/<br><br />
23: http://www.oblates.us/spiritual_directory.htm<br><br />
24: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten_national_football_team<br><br />
25: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Grove,_Iowa<br><br />
26: http://www.integracomunicaciones.com/<br><br />
27: http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/<br><br />
28: http://www.almaprnjavorac.com<br><br />
29: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage,_Iowa<br><br />
30: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez<br><br />
31: http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/qc-150_metric_e.html<br><br />
32: http://www.paralife.narod.ru<br><br />
33: http://www.jagdhof.com<br><br />
34: http://www.austria-lustenau.at/<br><br />
35: http://www.expressrealestateschool.com<br><br />
36: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guckheim<br><br />
37: http://www.vivian-cat.narod.ru/<br><br />
38: http://www.svirp.dk/<br><br />
39: http://www.francedirect.net<br><br />
40: http://www.pointvue.com/cis/<br><br />
41: http://www.arabicdancer.co.uk/<br><br />
42: http://kepek.utcaigyorsulas.hu<br><br />
43: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatina<br><br />
44: http://www.stopitnow.com/<br><br />
45: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THEOS<br><br />
46: http://www.wirtschaft.fh-gelsenkirchen.de/<br><br />
47: http://www.sannong.com<br><br />
48: http://www.integrated-robotics.com<br><br />
49: http://www.waveney.gov.uk/<br><br />
50: http://www.libraryspot.com/<br><br />
51: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/<br><br />
52: http://www.webmeister.dk<br><br />
53: http://www.magicdomico.com/<br><br />
54: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaiy%C3%A1n<br><br />
55: http://www.puntoluce.tv/<br><br />
56: http://www.bss-ev.de/<br><br />
57: http://www.lowvillegolf.com/<br><br />
58: http://www.brandunity.com/<br><br />
59: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos<br><br />
60: http://www.cotondetulear.be/<br><br />
61: http://www.granhotelguadalpinbanus.com<br><br />
62: http://www.libertas-solutions.com<br><br />
63: http://www.lucidiscoteca.it<br><br />
64: http://www.faitadriatica.it<br><br />
65: http://www.omag-pack.com<br><br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Change_Proposal_for_not_including_longdesc]]<br />
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[[Category:Proposals]]</div>Francescahttps://wiki.whatwg.org/index.php?title=Longdesc_usage&diff=7930Longdesc usage2012-02-15T16:35:59Z<p>Francesca: </p>
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<div>This is an analysis of how the <img longdesc=""> attribute is used in the wild, based on the list of 62 pages which used the attribute, available at:<br />
http://canvex.lazyilluminati.com/survey/2007-07-17/analyse.cgi/pages/tagattr/img/longdesc<br />
<br />
The document list is included at the end of this page, numbered. When referring to pages, I just use their number.<br />
<br />
== Errors ==<br />
<br />
* 3, 10, 27, 31, and 46 were redirects; I did not check the pages their pointed to.<br />
* 22, 35, and 37 no longer have the string "longdesc" in them. <br />
<br />
== Results ==<br />
<br />
A large number of the pages were from Wikipedia (or other MediaWiki installations): 1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30, 36, 43, 45, 54, and 59. MediaWiki has a way of using longdesc particular to itself. Ignoring MediaWiki results:<br />
<br />
* 2 pages used longdesc="" (5, 42)<br />
* 3 pages used longdesc="..." linking to an image of some description (41, 44, 56)<br />
* 12 pages used longdesc="..." not as an URL, but as a human-readable description:<br />
** 4 of which look like SEO attempts (13, 18, 48, 61)<br />
** 3 of which used the same string as they used for alt text (7, 23, 53)<br />
** 3 of which has different alt and longdesc text (16, 28, 52)<br />
** 1 of which used the same string as they did for title="" (15)<br />
** 1 of which used URL-escaped text (49)<br />
** 1 of which is in Russian, which I don't understand (32)<br />
* 21 pages used longdesc="..." as an URL:<br />
** 12 of which point to a location the same as one pointed to with a link nearby (20, 33, 34, 38, 40, 47, 50, 55, 57, 58, 60, 63)<br />
** 4 of which are broken links (4, 14, 26, 57)<br />
** 2 of which are valid links but seems not to comply with the spec (12, 39)<br />
** 2 of which is a correct use of the element (51, 62)<br />
** 1 of which seems to be better dealt with as a hyperlink rather than a longdesc attribute (8)<br />
<br />
On 51, ironically, the only longdesc attribute is used on a link to an automated accessibility checker's website. 62 seems to serve up rather unhelpful text/plain one-liners for longdesc, claiming to be accessible made by a company that does accessible web design.<br />
<br />
== Links list ==<br />
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1: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Borromini<br><br />
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation<br><br />
3: http://www.schirmer.com/composers/schoenberg_essay.html<br><br />
4: http://www.huntingtonhousing.com<br><br />
5: http://osierra.com<br><br />
6: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8 <br><br />
7: http://www.norwalkoh.com/<br><br />
8: http://www.domnowski.de/<br><br />
9: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morscheid<br><br />
10: http://www.eng.rpi.edu<br><br />
11: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Yemen<br><br />
12: http://www.aclu-ia.org/<br><br />
13: http://airbrush-tanning.us<br><br />
14: http://www.pr-photography.org/<br><br />
15: http://www.shakedown.fi/<br><br />
16: http://www.vds.org.uk<br><br />
17: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voghiera<br><br />
18: http://www.babylaundryboutique.com/<br><br />
19: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A4nische_Sprache<br><br />
20: http://www.coastal-fisherman.com/<br><br />
21: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthemius_de_Tralles<br><br />
22: http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/thewoburnrally/<br><br />
23: http://www.oblates.us/spiritual_directory.htm<br><br />
24: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Maarten_national_football_team<br><br />
25: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Grove,_Iowa<br><br />
26: http://www.integracomunicaciones.com/<br><br />
27: http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/<br><br />
28: http://www.almaprnjavorac.com<br><br />
29: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage,_Iowa<br><br />
30: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Menendez<br><br />
31: http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/qc-150_metric_e.html<br><br />
32: http://www.paralife.narod.ru<br><br />
33: http://www.jagdhof.com<br><br />
34: http://www.austria-lustenau.at/<br><br />
35: http://www.expressrealestateschool.com<br><br />
36: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guckheim<br><br />
37: http://www.vivian-cat.narod.ru/<br><br />
38: http://www.svirp.dk/<br><br />
39: http://www.francedirect.net<br><br />
40: http://www.pointvue.com/cis/<br><br />
41: http://www.arabicdancer.co.uk/<br><br />
42: http://kepek.utcaigyorsulas.hu<br><br />
43: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomatina<br><br />
44: http://www.stopitnow.com/<br><br />
45: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THEOS<br><br />
46: http://www.wirtschaft.fh-gelsenkirchen.de/<br><br />
47: http://www.sannong.com<br><br />
48: http://www.integrated-robotics.com<br><br />
49: http://www.waveney.gov.uk/<br><br />
50: http://www.libraryspot.com/<br><br />
51: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/<br><br />
52: http://www.webmeister.dk<br><br />
53: http://www.magicdomico.com/<br><br />
54: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaiy%C3%A1n<br><br />
55: http://www.puntoluce.tv/<br><br />
56: http://www.bss-ev.de/<br><br />
57: http://www.lowvillegolf.com/<br><br />
58: http://www.brandunity.com/<br><br />
59: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minos<br><br />
60: http://www.cotondetulear.be/<br><br />
61: http://www.granhotelguadalpinbanus.com<br><br />
62: http://www.libertas-solutions.com<br><br />
63: http://www.lucidiscoteca.it<br><br />
64: http://www.faitadriatica.it<br><br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Change_Proposal_for_not_including_longdesc]]<br />
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[[Category:Proposals]]</div>Francesca