- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:41:49 -0500
- To: "wai-wcag-editor@w3.org" <wai-wcag-editor@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
WCAG says 5.3 Do not use tables for layout unless the table makes sense when linearized. Otherwise, if the table does not make sense, provide an alternative equivalent (which may be a linearized version). [Priority 2] This means that someone could use tables for layout in way that the page makes no sense and is not usable by any of todays user agents... but still get an A conformance rating, because this is only priority 2. For example, if there's a form laid out in a table with field labels on the top row and corresponding fields on the bottom row. I think the checkpoint needs to be Priority 1. Len ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Department of Electrical Engineering Temple University 423 Ritter Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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