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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Oct 13, 2005 2:00PM

Austin, Darrel wrote:
> I'm producing HTML for a designer and came across a table that I'm not
> entirely sure how to optimize for accessibility:
>
> http://www.darrelaustin.com/clients/enza/essen_store.html

> How would you build this?

Based on some empirical testing collated by Roger Hudson
http://www.usability.com.au/resources/tables.cfm#conclusion
I'd say go with id/header or, as you Nr 2 suggestion, turn it into
a simple data table and use appropriate styling to hide the repeating
category cells.

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