Re: [Bodington-developers] CSS and Colours in Bodington

[Matthew B. <mat...@ou...>]

Peter Crowther wrote:
>>Most tables should probably use the <th> to denote the 
>>emphasises cells
>>as this shows more clearly that these cells are the headings. 
> 
> 
> Mmm.  Accessibility rules then state that you have to say what the
> headings are *for* - whether they're row headings or column headings,
> for example.

What do you mean by this? You can use axis, headers and scope to aid
accessability:

http://www.ferg.org/section508/accessible_tables.html

> It wouldn't be an automated change, but I agree that
> correctly identifying headers with <th> would be a sound move for
> accessibility.

It isn't just for accessability. It's easier for developers read the
HTML when you use <th> for headers.

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