- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 11:27:47 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Michael W Baker <Michael.W.Baker@grc.nasa.gov>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
The approach I use in commercial design is to rely on basic CSS (the stuff that either works on browsers or doesn't cause problems when it doesn't) to provide what I call "flow and float" layout. In other words, given the huge range of possible visual rendering devices, I aim for something that will make reasonable use of the available space, and at the same time make sense in browsers where CSS is not supported (pre-1998 versions) or where it may be turned off or otherwise adjusted (mobile devices, audio interfaces such as telephone browsing services, TV based web services, etc). Charles McCN On Wed, 10 May 2000, Michael W Baker wrote: I just read the San Jose design standards document. Item 10 states that frames and tables should be avoided because screen readers can't decipher them. How are you supposed to deal with page layout without tables? Mike Baker Zin Technologies (formerly ADF) e-CITe Division (216) 977-0363 Michael.W.Baker@grc.nasa.gov -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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