- From: Jeremy Keith <jeremy@adactio.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:07:40 +0000
- To: HTML WG Public List <public-html@w3.org>
Denis asked: > What garantee do we have that authors would provide a better, more > suitable description for content associated with aria- > describedby="table-description" referenced somewhere else in the > page with <div id="table-description">This-table-presents-blah-blah- > blah...</div> than they already do for a simple description with > <table summary="this-table-presents-blah-blah-blah..."></table>? Because invisible data rots (see: <meta> keywords). http://tantek.com/log/2005/06.html#d03t2359 That's a crucial difference between @summary and aria-describedby. The contents of aria-describedby can be made invisible, if the author wishes. The contents of @summary cannot be made visible. Personally, I think that this distinction that @summary draws between users of AT and other users isn't a helpful one. If history has taught us anything, it's that accessibility features turn out to be useful for everyone (e.g. the invention of the typewriter or closed captioning on television). -- Jeremy Keith a d a c t i o http://adactio.com/
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