Re: function and impacts (was: @scope and @headers reform)

On Sep 23, 2008, at 10:19, Joshue O Connor wrote:

>> 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.


For the use cases your clients have, would it be necessary to use/ 
recommend headers/id if browsers implemented the Smart Headers  
algorithm Ben mentioned and reported those associations to AT?

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