- From: Daniel Dardailler <danield@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:46:50 +0100
- To: Shan Sasser <sasser.shan@blind.state.ia.us>
- cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> However, none of the screen readers that we have encountered reads the sample > table as such. Probably not, it's a theoritical example of what a browser, a proxy or a screen reader could to, provided the additional TABLE markup was there. > Are there additional reasons for using caption, summary, header and id in > table > mark-up other than to ensure tables are appropriately translated into linear > sequences, which only JFW/IE 4.01 does with limited success? There's a chicken&egg issue here. If user agents do not support a functionality, is it worth asking author to support it ? (if it can't be read, should I write it ?). Since the things we're asking for TABLE are part of HMLT4.0, which is a standard the industry has endorsed (but has not yet fully implemented), I think it's fine that we ask people to use it if it's good for accessibility.
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