Re: HTML5 alternatives to table summary don't work in current browsers, and Screen Readers

>>Let's stick with a consistent set of APIs (ARIA) that developers can go to as much as possible for one stop shopping. 

>>"back to the hodge podge of attributes that were thrown in at the end of HTML 4's release." 

The 'summary' attribute is like any attributes defined for  various HTML elements meant to aid accessibility. 
Not sure why this is being singled out.
ARIA is designed for making custom elements accessible that HTML elementss and attributes are unable to handle and not replace features that are AT-supported and serve users. 
Not sure why something that works to make content accessible as demonstrated by David's analysis is being thrown out of the  window.
Making AT and browsers support new techniques that have been authored now is not 'fixing a defect' but an enhancement. 
Deprecating attributes that are well supported by AT is a retrograde step. 
Thanks,
Sailesh Panchang

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On Fri, 6/21/13, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: HTML5 alternatives to table summary don't work in current browsers, and  Screen Readers
 To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, public-html-a11y@w3.org
 Cc: "Steve Faulkner" <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>, mick@nvaccess.org
 Date: Friday, June 21, 2013, 10:48 AM
 
 
 David,
 
 
 
 I saw your post that you
 think summary should be reinstated because of a JAWS and/or
 NVDA have a defect (it works in VoiceOver) does not warrant
 going back to the hodge podge of attributes that were thrown
 in at the end of HTML 4's release. 
 
 
 
 Let's stick with a
 consistent set of APIs (ARIA) that developers can go to as
 much as possible for one stop shopping. 
 
 
 
 I have alerted Freedom
 Scientific of the defect and they will fix it. I have copied
 Mick Curran at NVDA and hopefully they will also correct the
 problem with IE and Firefox. 
 
 
 
 Mick, please see the
 following link:
 
 
 
 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2013AprJun/0089.html#start89
 
 
 
 We can't be writing
 specs. based on proprietary assistive technology
 defects.
 
 
 
 Rich
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 Rich Schwerdtfeger

Received on Friday, 21 June 2013 21:09:23 UTC