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Re: valid table?

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From: John E Brandt
Date: Mar 24, 2011 11:09AM

I am not sure that Tables vs. CSS is an accessibility issue unless the
linearization is compromised. The use of the <th> is only for Data Tables
(see http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/ for reference).

Taking a quick look at your site, there appears to be quite a number of PDFs
linked. I would me more concerned about these be inaccessible than the Table
layout issue.

~j

John E. Brandt
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937
Augusta, Maine, USA


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Subject: [WebAIM] valid table?

I have been asked to do an accessibility review of my agency's website. It
was built by contractors a number of years ago, and we have many content
contributors who create/maintain the page.

On many pages tables are used for layout to present/organize documents
available for download. Here is an example:
http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/d_EMSI.aspx

While I personally would not use tables for presentations like this, I'm
wondering if it really is inaccessible. While there is no <th> tag, they
did use an <h> tags (not the semantically correct one though) and <p> tags
in the <td>s . Given that this is not a complex table, it does linearize
well.

I would be grateful for any opinions about this.

Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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