[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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