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- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:02:47 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13539 --- Comment #6 from Greg Lowney <gcl-0039@access-research.org> 2012-01-16 23:02:47 UTC --- <th scope="col"> would not be sufficient for tables because it is only usable on tables that have heading rows or columns, whereas tables are often used without them. Thus, tables require a separate attribute such as orientation="columns". In addition, it's worth considering that tables are only one example of the general problem of reading order being different from document order. Another case is documents assembled from component parts (in some cases by automated systems rather than by hand), such as appending the footer at the end of the source file even though it may logically come at the beginning. A common example of the latter is many news web sites where selecting an article and its title also selects a sidebar because it immediately follows the title in the source document, even though visually it appears to follow the article, being displayed in a separate column on the right. Because reading order not obvious to visual users who prefer mouse input, it can be easily overlooked by content authors, and users might benefit from the ability to to correct or compensate for these problems by altering reading/navigation order through user style sheets or equivalent. -- Configure bugmail: https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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