- From: Jon Gibbins (dotjay) <dotjay@nov5th.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:09:04 +0100
- To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote: >>As a side note, not that I use tables for layout, but if you >>need to, I would use a blank summary attribute for layout tables. > > I have a hard time agreeing with this advice. This seems no more > sensible than standardizing on summary="layout" (ok, it would be more > language independent). How about if you are using a layout table, don't > use the summary attribute at all? I guess you're right. Until I refreshed my memory, I was under the impression that the title attribute was required by (X)HTML. I suppose I should have checked first! However, you could argue that it's like adding a blank alt attribute. Sure, this would mainly be used for decorative images, which are not necessary these days, so I suppose it could be a null point now. However, you could argue that it's like saying "no, I haven't forgotten about the summary attribute, there's just no need for it on this table". I guess that's just the way I do. It doesn't do any harm as far as I am aware. Jon
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