- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 08:50:29 -0700
- To: "RUST Randal" <RRust@COVANSYS.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 05:52 AM, RUST Randal wrote: > Because I don't want to have the page title as 'Users' and then the > table caption as 'Users.' Plus it's there in the summary. It's > redundant > whether you're looking at the table or having it read to you. In my > mind, it does harm. I feel like it's insulting someone's intelligence > to > say, "It's a table of users." basically three times. > > My question is really about whether or not it causes an accessibility > issue by not including the <caption>. I can't see how it would. I agree with you. In this case there don't seem to be any additional barriers introduced if you leave out <caption>. In fact, it's rare that a lack of <caption> would introduce accessibility problems, especially if summary and headers are properly used. Anyone care to disagree by providing a counter-example? --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Author, CSS in 24 Hours http://cssin24hours.com Inland Anti-Empire Blog http://blog.kynn.com/iae Shock & Awe Blog http://blog.kynn.com/shock
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