- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:47:05 +0000
- To: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie
- Cc: "Richard Schwerdtfeger" <schwer@us.ibm.com>, "w3c-wai-pf@w3.org PF" <w3c-wai-pf@w3.org>, "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>
Hi Josh, 2008/11/5 Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>: > > Hi Rich, > >> That is the intent of aria-presentation and it is much easier than trying >> to reproduce the desired behavior with style sheets for existing >> implementations. > > Yes. I think this would be *very* useful for organisations who are > locked into using a CMS solution that outputs its content or mods into > tables (for the whatever reason). Rather than is codifying poor practice > I think it will improve the user experience in this case. I can see how role="presentation" will be useful in ensuring that presentational information isn't mapped to an accessibility API, but it's important to remember that it doesn't stop the issues associated with using markup incorrectly. For example, the biggest issue of using tables for layout is when they don't linearise, and adding a role of presentation isn't going to help reorder the content so that it does linearise correctly. Cheers, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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