- From: Steve Axthelm <steveax@pobox.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:50:00 -0700
- To: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- cc: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On 2009-06-23 Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote: >On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:12:40 +0200, Steve Axthelm <steveax@pobox.com> wrote: > >>On 2009-06-23 Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote: >> >>>How about the following statement? >>> >>><caption> is read automatically when the table is encountered. >>>summary="" is read only on user request. >> >>That's entirely dependent upon the combination of browser/AT/user >>settings (if any). >> >>With default settings, Jaws 10 reads summary automatically with both >>IE7 and FF3. I believe Window Eyes does the same but I'd have to >>test. Not sure about other AT. > >Thanks. > >If this is the case, then it seems to me that the user agent does not >need to be able to distinguish between caption and summary, and thus ><caption> can be used for both purposes. I disagree. Rolling summary into caption reduces options for both page authors and for users of AT. As a developer, perhaps a developer who knows the preferences of users of AT that frequent my site, having summary separate from caption gives me flexibility in the way I present information about tables. I would submit that AT users also benefit from having them separate as it affords them more granularity in user settings. Regards, -Steve -- Steve Axthelm steveax@pobox.com
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