RE: WCAG-ISSUE-23 (DavidMacD): We should consider a new "Failure to provide role=presentation on a layout table" from Alastair Campbell on 2014-06-02 (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org from April to June 2014)

From: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:40:01 +0100
To: "rcorominas@technosite.es" <rcorominas@technosite.es>, "faulkner.steve@gmail.com" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
CC: Wilco Fiers <w.fiers@accessibility.nl>, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Message-ID: <D4219A0ECCAE794C9ED7DC6F5A4C0CD5A6A65A09D2@jupiter.intranet.nomensa.com>

Ramón Corominas wrote: 
"Thus, I would say that -at least in this case- the layout table is a way of using technology that is "accessibility supported", that is, it "has been tested for interoperability with users' assistive technology". 
Maybe it is ugly, but it is supported."

Well, last time I came across this as an issue (on an intranet) there were no table headings, summary, or anything to mark the tables as data. However, NVDA and VoiceOver both announced the table cells. 

That is the point though - it is not consistent unless you specify it. I don't think relying on AT heuristics is good enough.

-Alastair

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