Hi Olajide, Tables are standard but like any markup, it needs to be used correctly. Tables can be used for layout (this practice is discouraged) or for storing tabular data. If you are using tables for layout, make sure to only use the following tags: <table>, <tr>, <td>. If you are using data tables, you need to use at least <table>, <tr>, <th> and <td> and then associate the cells (<td>'s) with headers (<th>'s). One way to do this is by using the following attributes <th id="a"> and <td headers="a b">. At the following link, you can listen to how a table may be processed by assistive technologies if it is correctly and incorrectly marked up. Go to section "Incorrect Use Of Tables"
http://xstandard.com/wysiwyg/ Regards, -Vlad XStandard Development Team http://xstandard.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olajide Olaolorun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Web Standards Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [WSG] Tables, is it Standard? > Hi, I would like to know if Tables is standard. You see, I have been > into web standards for some time now nut I still use Tables and would > like to know if it is standards.... > > Thanks > > -- > Personal: > www.olajideolaolorun.com > www.empirex.net > > Business: > www.tripleolabs.com > www.tripleostudios.com > www.tripleo.biz > > Projects: > www.uniformserver.com > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
