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Re: Is this table an acceptably accessible method of marking up this information?

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From: James Nurthen
Date: Apr 20, 2005 3:47PM

On 4/20/05, Don Hinshaw < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:



Patrick H. Lauke wrote:

> However, also keep in mind that many users will work with tables in an
> interactive fashion, and not simply sit there and have their
> screenreader read the entire thing top to bottom.
>
I'm going to show my ignorance here, but how does one work with a table
interactively, and how does that affect how it should be coded?


To get a feel for the navigation (this doesn't replace proper testing - merely an easy to use visual substitute) take a look at the Mozilla Accessibility Extension

http://cita.disability.uiuc.edu/software/mozilla/index.html


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Don Hinshaw
Hinshaw Design Group
http://www.hinshawdesign.com