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Re: THs with IDs, and Sitemorse

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From: Paul Brown
Date: Jan 21, 2005 3:10AM

Hi all,

I've been lurking here for a while, but as there were a couple
of items in the last digest that struck a cord with me I
thought it was time to de-lurk... :)

On THs and IDs, my understanding of the limitation of the
latter is that only the most modern screenreaders implement
them, and hence the majority of users with older versions won't
benefit from the ID information. In which case it needs to be
considered whether the table can be simplified to not require
IDs.

On the Sitemorse testing, I'd tend to take that with a pinch of
salt and use Bobby instead -
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

Limited quoting of previous quotes below for some context -
apologies to those like me that read this in digest form...


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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Re: need table help
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:47:18 -0700

jbailey wrote:
> If the table works visually and your concern is screen-reader access,
> I would consider using IDs. I don't think this has been suggested,
> which makes me wonder if there some flaw in it.

It *has* been suggested in the very first reply to this thread.

--
Patrick H. Lauke


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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: UK news
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:42:07 -0700

For info/discussion:

http://www.business2www.com/news-print.html?id=1217547344

Mike


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From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Subject: Re: UK news
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:57:10 -0700

Mmmm...interesting item, and an unfortunate response from some
disability advocates, it would seem.

But I don't seem to be able to test a site using SiteMorse's "QuickTest"
testing tool, and so it's hard to comment at this point. I think I
recall seeing this SiteMorse tester before and balking at the
requirement to register/provide email address for what presents itself
as a free, quick online test. Does anyone have experience actually
using their tools?

Phil.