- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:42:48 -0500
- To: Harry Woodrow <harrry@email.com>, "'Scarlett Julian (ED)'" <Julian.Scarlett@sheffield.gov.uk>, "'W3c-Wai-Ig'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
it has been stated on this list that hpr also honors the summary attrib and also that window eyes either does or will. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Woodrow" <harrry@email.com> To: "'Scarlett Julian (ED)'" <Julian.Scarlett@sheffield.gov.uk>; "'W3c-Wai-Ig'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:00 AM Subject: RE: User agent support of SUMMARY attribute in tables Summary will say nothing...the user agent will if it has been programmed to do so. If the user agent cannot recognize a summery table isn’t it time to consider amending the User Agent guidelines rather than base all our comments on what Jaws will do? Harry Woodrow -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Scarlett Julian (ED) Sent: Wednesday, 22 January 2003 9:57 PM To: W3c-Wai-Ig Subject: RE: User agent support of SUMMARY attribute in tables > the difference here is that while alt="" shows nothing, > summary="" will > still say summary. I hadn't realised that. That would annoy the hell out of me given the prevalence of pages using layout tables. I retract my original preferred solution and say screw Bobby and go for not including a summary. The point here is not to satisfy someone's idea of what constitutes an accessible page (e.g achieving Bobby compliance) and actually create a page that works for people. I nearly wrote a ranting response yesterday along the lines of a guideline being just that and not getting caught up in the rigidity of satisfying validation tools but thought better of it....maybe I should have :-) That's my two pennies for today (and I fully expect to get semi-flamed for this) -J. The information in this email is confidential. The contents may not be disclosed or used by anyone other than the addressee. If you are not the addressee, please tell us by using the reply facility in your email software as soon as possible. Sheffield City Council cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message as it has been transmitted over a public network. If you suspect that the message may have been intercepted or amended please tell us as soon as possible. --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/2003
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