-public-html +www-archive On Mon, 25 May 2009 15:15:18 +0200, Laura Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > One side said @summary was not solving a real problem. A survey of > existing web content showed that the attribute was rarely used and not > a cowpath. @summary technique was needlessly complex and used > incorrectly. Features should be media independent. The requirements of > people with disabilities can be handled with universal access.
I searched the mailing list for summary and cowpath/cow path and couldn't find any email where someone said the reason summary has not been included is the result of paving a cowpath. I think one of the primary arguments was that summary would do more harm than good because it is so often used incorrectly. Multiple independent surveys of Web content found this. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
