Re: double underscore with meaning

On 06/09/2018 18:05, Felix Miata wrote:

> Semantically, an appropriate character instead of CSS:
> 
> https://unicode-search.net/unicode-namesearch.pl?term=UNDERSCORE
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underscore

Is that announced/exposed by assistive technologies in any way?


> 
>> The fact that the row header already says "Total ..." is arguably
>> sufficient I'd say.
> 
> Nope. This convention is well over a century old, the source of the term "bottom
> line". Those who skim balance sheets, income and cash flow statements for the
> bottom line focus on the number column.
> 
> If it wasn't for accountants, personal computers would have taken many years
> longer, or may never have, become the ubiquitous tools that they did. The double
> underscore isn't going away.

Did anybody here say "don't provide a visual double underscore"? No. The 
question was about how to convey this not just visually.

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Received on Thursday, 6 September 2018 17:19:52 UTC