- From: Laura Carlson <lcarlson@d.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:35:12 -0500
- To: "'WAI Interest Group'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
--On Friday, September 23, 2005 8:10 AM -0500 Jim Thatcher <jim@jimthatcher.com> wrote: > Since a screen reader will be announcing row and column headers as > they change when the user navigates the (data) table, I think the > summary = should > alert the user about what to expect in that regard by providing a > brief description of the (data) table structure. Back when the W3C home page used a layout table their summary attribute was something like: summary="Layout table: The first cell contains a navigation bar of W3C technologies, the second contains news, and the third another navigation bar of W3C pages." Laura ___________________________________________ Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
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