- From: Jan Eric Hellbusch <hellbusch@2bweb.de>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 20:29:35 +0100
- To: "'WAI Interest Group'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi Steve, > do we continue to use the correct element and let the > screen reader makers know about the issues? Of course, feedback is essential for bug fixing. > In this case I think this is the correct course of action, definition lists have been > in HTML since 1997 [1] > > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32.html#dl Haven't seen <dir> in a while (next element after dl on that page). And yet: If dl is styled to look as a table or if dl is used for tab panels etc. and if the original (scientific) definition list is hardly used, then we hardly need dl. There is usually a better way to code most dl structures, at least from a screen reader point of view. With WAI-ARIA emerging there are even more alternatives, although screen reader compatibility needs even more improvement there than with dl. The statement referred to claimed that a two column table is better off with a dl. I disagree with that. A dl may be a logical solution, but it is harder to use in a screen reader, and has been so for quite some time. Jan -- Jan Eric Hellbusch Tel.: +49 (231) 33005825 oder +49 (163) 3369925 Accessibility-Beratung: http://2bweb.de Blog: www.chemnitzer-14.de Bücher, Artikel: www.barrierefreies-webdesign.de
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