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Re: Alternative Descriptions for Complex Tables

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From: _mallory
Date: Jan 18, 2017 6:11AM

Yeah that deprecation bugs me because its purpose was to give a quick
idea of the table structure textually, something a visual user can do
themselves (columns contain Senators and rows represent cups of coffee
drank, etc). But it wasn't right to use summary to actually summarise
the table.
I'm also often using an element like a p afterwards stating the general
gist of the table, also with charts and graphs.

cheers,
_mallory

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 01:32:06PM +0000, Graham Armfield wrote:
> Whilst I'm sure it's still supported in most browsers, the summary
> attribute on <table> element is deprecated now I believe.
>
> Regards
> Graham Armfield
> > > >