- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:26:51 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Cc: HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > > > [...] I think a better way to get data > > about this would be a set of usability studies of Web authors followed by > > double-blind studies of the pages they write. For example, take six to > > nine Web developers, and give them the task of marking up some Web pages > > that include particularly complex data tables in an accessible way that is > > still aesthetically pleasing to them. The developers would be split into > > three groups, one being given instructions on using summary="", one being > > given instructions on writing paragraphs around the table, and one being > > given no instruction at all. [...] > > What would this find out? The goal I had in mind was primarily to find out whether accessibility is improved or harmed by summary="" being in the language and advocated. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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