- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:24:18 -0500
- To: "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>
fyi... > Posted by Gez on Friday, 1st June 2007 at 19:15:16 http://juicystudio.com/article/html-scope-headers-debate.php#comment4 > There are also other tools > that use the headers attribute - XStandard [1], arguably the most > standards compliant WYSIWYG editor, automatically inserts the headers > attribute to associate headers with data cells. Personally, I would > rather it didn't, as it unnecessarily bloats the markup for simple > data tables, but they've made the decision based on the fact that > assistive technology traditionally has very poor support for the > scope attribute, and very good support for the headers attribute. I'm > also aware of a few companies that have style guides that insists > that data cells are associated with their headers using the headers > attribute for the same reason. [1] http://xstandard.com/ -- Laura L. Carlson http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
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