- From: Gary Williamson <Gary.Williamson@manchester.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:16:54 +0100
- To: "Duke Gledhill" <d.gledhill@hud.ac.uk> , "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
You can't REALLY say that tables are not accessible per-se. You can design a simple page using tables that is accessible if it can be read in a linear way, left to right - top to bottom. I think the problem is that this is difficult to achieve when a page becomes more imaginative - maybe the EdExcel web page projects are simple enough for them to get away with it - I don't think I'd teach it as good practice though! If you design pages using tables you miss out/lag behind on the opportunity to use CSS which is no doubt the future. Regards Gary -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Duke Gledhill Sent: 11 July 2007 14:58 To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Tables for layout Hi, This is my first post here, I hope you can all help. I teach web programming at university at we teach the importance of accessibility and not using tables for layout etc However I have just had a school visit for the day and while discussing this the teacher explained that the EdExcel guidelines promote the use of tables for layout. I don't suppose anyone can confirm this? And if it is true what are peoples thoughts? Thanks Duke "Before doors, the outdoors was just called home" Duke Gledhill Senior Lecturer - Multimedia University of Huddersfield 01484 472758 d.gledhill@hud.ac.uk This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.
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