- From: Jim Thatcher <jimthatcher@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:07:14 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
I agree with Bill; what is the problem? Some jump in and cry foul - another web developer resorting to totally inaccessible ways - for profit, no doubt. Yet what is the problem with a paragraph tag in a table cell? I think nothing. If JFW has a problem with that; isn't it JFW's problem? Jim Jim@JimThatcher.com 512-306-0931 - --- Bill Kules <wmk@takoma-software.com> wrote: > Could someone please explain why/how this affects > how Jaws reads the table? > > Thanks, > Bill > ---- > > Tina Marie Holmboe wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:38:47AM -0500, David > Poehlman wrote: > > > > > <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> > > > <td WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="17"><font > FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> > > > <p ALIGN="RIGHT">GS-1</font></td> > > > <td WIDTH="49" HEIGHT="17"><font > FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> > > > <p ALIGN="RIGHT">15,701</font></td> > > > <td WIDTH="50" HEIGHT="17"><font > FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"> > > > <p ALIGN="RIGHT">16,225</font></td> > > > > > > I am referring to the <p> paragraph markers > which are being placed in > > > the > > > cell. These screw up Jaws' ability to properly > parse the table. This > > > is > > > the second table I have seen like this in recent > weeks. I suspect > > > these <p> > > > tags are being generated by an HTML editor. Can > anyone shed some > > > light on > > > their purpose or necessity? > > > > I believe you are seeing the results of - yet > another - hack to achieve > > a visual layout. From the above I would make a > guess that they are > > trying to get extra space on top of the cell, > and - as we all know - a > > <P> 'makes' extra space. > > > > But whether it is new ... looks like Frontpage > to me; like frontpage > > always have done stuff. > > > > -- > > - Tina > > -- > Bill Kules, President Takoma Software, > Inc. > (301) 891-7271 voice Takoma Park, MD > (301) 891-7273 fax > http://www.takoma-software.com > (240) 460-7376 cellphone/pager > wmk@takoma-software.com > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
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