- From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 96 06:24:00 PDT
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Abigail writes in <199605111602.SAA21912@tungsten.gn.iaf.nl>: >Walter Ian Kaye wrote: >++ If "<table>s were designed for tabular data", then ROWSPAN and COLSPAN >++ would not be allowed. These attributes are in direct contradiction to >++ your view of what is "appropriate" for <table>s. Do you favor deprecation >++ of these attributes? > >I fail to see why rowspan and colspan contradict that tables are for >tabular data. >The first example of the latest table draft seems perfectly valid to me. I look at tables as methods for grouping data where the spatial relationship between the data implies some other kind of relationship between the data. This can be applied to <FORM> design (where a well-placed table with BORDER=0 can produce a nice visual effect), as the spatial relationship implies the relationship between <FORM> elements and their labels. Remember, just because someone is blind does not mean they will have no concept of spatial relationships; they cannot even walk around safely without a mental model of where objects are in a space. Tables are row by column (spatial) groupings of data. ====================================================================== Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN
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