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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Feb 11, 2014 10:20AM


Hello:
I tend to disagree with that message. I have seen jaws defiantly tell me
about a definition list but I find when it does the dev has used the tag
improperly

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University of California, Berkeley
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Data in tables or lists with accessibility and
responsive design in mind

Ben,

Before settling on the DL approach, you should take a look at a recent
thread on the W3C WAI discussion list. This message, in particular,
discusses some problems with how AT has implemented DLs:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2014JanMar/0031.html
(See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ig/2014JanMar/thread.html
for listing by thread - you can see that discussion has been lively!)

While "use the right element for the job and reports bugs to AT vendors"
is the right thing to do (as is pointed out someplace in that thread) I
think you have some choice in what the "right" element is, and so may want
to consider how it will actually work for users.

sb
Sarah E. Bourne
Director of Assistive Technology
Information Technology Division
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 4:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Data in tables or lists with accessibility and
responsive design in mind

Thanks for all the thinking... Yes LĂ©onie that is the catch... I want it
to
work on smaller screen sizes, and I don't think it'll work on a phone in a
table... so I'm gonna go with the DL suggestion and tableish styling for
large screen display. :)