- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:51:12 -0500
- To: "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@opera.com>, "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On 5/2/07, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote: > I'm aware how headers= works. I don't think your use case is one where it > is needed though. Could you give a concrete example (maybe even in code)? "At this stage, it appears that id and headers are the most effective way to make complex data tables accessible. Although id and headers are slightly more difficult to code than scope, the apparent poor screen reader support for scope means that this is probably not an effective accessibility option." Source: http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm Example: http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm#id More Refs: http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse9.htm#wc9.3 http://www.webaim.org/techniques/tables/data.php#id http://www-03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/web/webtableheaders.html#complex http://tinyurl.com/qmm8b http://tinyurl.com/2fsnkk http://www.ittatc.org/training/webcourse/WAWCSection9.php#WebCourse9.3 http://tinyurl.com/yozae9 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/#H43 Laura -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/
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