Hi, JAWS offers good support for tables as it is, I don't feel the need for table summaries. Enitially, when I wrote out my feedback form for my website, I used a summary, but then realised that it is pointless to do so. Jeremiah Rogers said the following on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:12 PM: > Afternoon all. I've a question about table summaries on web pages. I'm > looking for information about how you use table summary information, > what > information your ideal table summary would contain, and whether > typical > table summaries on the web provide you any useful information. Would > you > like a table summary to provide you enough information to allow you to > completely avoid browsing the table? Do you need or use table > summaries at > all? Are either of the following two sample table summaries better > than the > other, and if so why? > > Table Summary I > > The following table summarizes our product offerings and the > attributes of > each of those products. > > Table Summary II > > Following is a table summarizing our product offerings and the > attributes of > those products. Across the top of the table are five columns, > representing > each of our products: product a, product b, product c, product d, and > product e. Down the left side of the table are eight features: > feature 1, > feature 2, feature 3, feature 4, feature 5, feature 6, feature 7, and > feature 8. For product a, features 1, 4, 5, and 7 are available, while > features 2, 3, 6, and 8 are not. For product b, features 1, 2, 4, 5, > and 7 > are available, while features 3, 6, and 8 are not. For product c, > features 1, 2, and 7 are available, while features 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 > are not. Product > d has all the same features available as product b, along with > feature 6. > Product e shows all eight features to be available. > > Note that in an actual table summary formatted like table summary II, > product letters and feature numbers would be replaced with their > actual > column and row headers. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide, and feel free to > write > privately if you'd like to respond without cluttering the list. > > Very gratefully, > Jeremiah Z. Rogers > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to > the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________ NOD32 2941 (20080312) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com
James Scholes http://www.jamesscholes.com Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
