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> --On 14 May 2001 16:16 +0100 Iris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > tables > > _should not_ be used for layout (although this is not realistic until > > all browsers become standard-compliant) only for truly tabular > > information. > > What is "truly tabular information"? data like in a spreadsheet, in rows and columns (as opposed to a separation of navigation from main body of text by putting them in 2 separate table cells) for instructions on how to make tabular data accessible to users of screenreaders, head over to: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT-TECHS/#gl-table- markup > > Is not part of the use of tabulating data that it is presented in a way in > which it is easier to contextualise each datum? Or put slightly > differently, the presentation articulates the data. have you ever tried running it through a screenreader? > > Each datum is at the instersection of the row and column headers in a > visual sense, visual is the key word here. iris ******************************* Iris Manhold Web Development - DEMOS Project <http://www.demos.ac.uk/> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 0161 247 3378 *******************************