Glitch in new 1.3 survey (09 February)

The form seems to end abruptly-- I don't hear any response options for
the failure for SC 1.3.6 (shape alone), and I can't find a submit
button!

Here are my notes so far:

<johnNotes>
GL1.3 Survey results 09 February survey
Failure due to using space characters to format tables

HTML Failure: due to using th elements and summary attribute in layout
table
Editorial:
1.	Delete comma in title of failure
2.	Description section: Replace first sentence with the following:
a.	<proposed>The objective of this technique is to describe a
failure that occurs when a table used only for layout includes either th
elements, a summary attribute, or both. This is a failure because it
uses structural (or semantic) markup only for presentation.</proposed>

Failure when text in an image uses color for info but alt doesn't convey
the info
(Other)
The example describes a picture of a table, and implies that the failure
is due simply to failure to include color info in the alternative text.
This might imply that it's OK to use pictures of tables instead of
actual data tables. (I think that fails all by itself.) Suggest using an
example of a bar graph or pie chart instead.


Common failure: using CSS for variation without appropriate structural
markup
If this is a "common" failure, consider changing "CSS" to "style
sheets"; consider changing "structure" to "semantics provided by the
technology". Or else just make this a HTML/CSS failure.

Form ends abruptly-no responses to 1.3.6 failure available, no submit
button

</johnNotes>


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John Slatin, Ph.D.
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University of Texas at Austin
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Received on Thursday, 9 February 2006 15:02:07 UTC