Hi Klaus, > since people have started to use screen readers. The contents of a table > are read in the order they appear in the source, not as they appear on > the screen. Have you cared about linearization when using a layout table? > > See http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#tables-layout for example. > > Also layout tables doesn't play nice on small screens.
Thanks for the info. I will definitely look into this. > Because they were used like that, shouldn't serve as justification to do > so today. > > Sure, I have used them too (last time 2002 by the way), but I think it's > really, really time to move on. Browsers even start to support CSS 3 > columns... Apart from the accessibility issue which you mentioned (which I'm certainly taking seriously), the statement that "it's really, really time to move on" isn't justification for not using a tables. While CSS holds tremendous benefits and power, tables are still extremely useful and shouldn't be dismissed arbitrarily. As you know Klaus, I'm very open to your advice (as I've requested it offlist on a couple of occasions) but I'm the type of person that needs a good rationale for using or dropping something. Give me something to work with. Rey... _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
