- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:25:50 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
- Cc: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
James Graham wrote: > non-visual UAs won't read out the caption before the table body, regardless of source order? They will if the CAPTION is at the beginning before the table content. It is however often after the table, as that has traditionally been where its placed for visual users but it can (should) be in the source code before the table content and then styled to be presented at the bottom if desired. > I would expect <caption> to be the _first_ thing they would look at for a description of the table, irrespective of where it appears. Absolutely. On another point, the user should not have to look for the CAPTION, or @summary or whatever the @newthing could be. This is for a very simple reason, many screen reader users are not advanced users of the technology, and asking them to navigate even the most basic tables is often a cause of discomfort as many just do not know how to interrogate data tables. Its also not enough to use "Well thats a user agent issue" as a get out clause, even if it is. What I am trying to say is every effort should be made to make this process (understanding the table) as easy as possible. This can already be done by using @summary which the UA automatically picks up without the user having to do anything. Josh
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