- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:19:48 +0100
- To: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Cc: Al Gilman <alfred.s.gilman@ieee.org>, Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org, Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
Hi James, > It is my understanding that @headers, while valuable, is almost never > used. Like the long-term longdesc testing, has there been any attempt to > determine where and how often @headers is used? While I don't have figures etc at my disposal to indicate use I can, at least, say that @headers/id certainly are used for the creation of accessible data tables and are a method I would recommend to my clients when I audit their websites. > In most cases where @headers is necessary, the author would do better to > change the information architecture of the table into a more > understandable form, instead of "accessifying" an already overly complex > table grid. How many clients are going to alter their data to fit into accessibility requirements, if they are not well disposed towards good design/accessibility in the first place? I would suggest it is better to have a semantic toolkit that they can use as they need to, rather than trying to get authors to rethink their information architecture, though that in itself would also be a good thing. Cheers Josh
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