[thelist] Table Summary Attribute

Peter-Paul Koch gassinaumasis at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 14 09:39:32 CDT 2001


> > I am all for accessibility but I am having a hard time trying to
> > figure out how browsers can actually benefit from this attribute ...
>
>it isn't for browsers, it's for users... if you are surfing in a 
>non-table-capable browser (Lynx, screen readers), the concept is that 
>'summary' will tell you what the table data is, so even if you can't read 
>it, you at least know what it is...

But which browsers actually support it? If the answer is 'none' there's no 
reason to start using them. (As is well known, I don't believe in adding 
hypothetical attributes for hypothetical browsers that might support them in 
a hypothetical future).

ppk
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