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From: John Foliot - WATS.ca
Date: Jan 21, 2005 5:37AM

paul.brown wrote:
> I've been pondering my last note and hope it doesn't come across
> as teaching people to suck eggs - I realise everyone on this
> list will be fully aware of Bobby. My point was meant to be that
> Bobby's criteria and results are well understood, and it's the
> recognised standard.
>
>
> Paul

Standard? Hardly. Most marketed and recognized? OK...

Like any other testing tool, it is limited by the person who is running the
test. That Bobby is more "forgiving" in your particular circumstance
shouldn't be seen as a positive...

As for using ID's in your TH's: why would you not want to do so? Just
because some older software can't keep up is no reason to not code for the
future. Expanding on that line of thought to the absurd, why should I
include images in my web pages since some users of older browsers or text
only browsers won't be able to use them.

As developers, our jobs are to make the pages and sites we create as
accessible as possible. By the same token, we must work within the
reasonable assumption that our audience has a certain responsibility to stay
(relatively) current with their software; heck if not, why are we all
switching (switched?) to CSS based layouts... We should just stick to tables
period 'cause there are still people out there using Netscape 3.2 Gold.

Not meaning to come off as snarky as it may read

Cheers!

JF
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John Foliot <EMAIL REMOVED>
Web Accessibility Specialist / Co-founder of WATS.ca
Web Accessibility Testing and Services
http://www.wats.ca 1.866.932.4878 (North America)