- From: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:53:38 -0400
- To: "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Action item from our call yesterday - Here's a summary of my proposals and questions regarding this bug/concern: Proposals: - add a statement that tables be used for entirely data or layout and not mixed - describe conditions under which layout tables may be used instead of style sheets - only the first layout table requires a summary. Following layout tables have a summary of "layout table" or NULL (""). - layout tables should have short summaries (less than 150 characters [English]) - remove the statement "Until user agents render side-by-side text correctly, provide a linear text equivalent...". - add a statement that TH, TBODY, THEAD should not be used at all in layout tables - add a statement that CAPTION should not be used in layout tables. - add a statement to discourage the use of TITLE from layout tables. Use the summary instead. - add a statement to discourage the use of headers, scope and access in layout tables Questions: - Is it realistic that style sheets be used instead of layout tables? - Is it wrong to use HTML color attributes in tables? Should we remove the statement about using CSS instead of HTML code to style table cells? - Is linearizing a table still a problem? How do we test for "makes sense"? - "...developers may minimize the risk of word wrapping by limiting the amount of text in each cell" Is this still a good suggestion? - do COLSPAN and ROWSPAN need a mention on their use in layout tables Chris
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