Re: Table Mark-up

> 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.

Received on Thursday, 14 January 1999 03:46:57 UTC