RE: A Step Backwards

  • From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:43:17 -0400

If it's set to presentation, then it's not a step backwards, but forwards, 
since it will be clearly marked up.

Take care,
Sina

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John G
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:37 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: A Step Backwards

Does anyone know about this?
begin extract
 >Therefore, the HTML Working Group hereby adopts the "Allow tables 
to be >used for presentational purposes" Proposal for ISSUE-130.  Of 
the Change Proposals before us, this one has drawn the weaker objections.
In short, this means that HTML5 rescinds HTML4's guidance on the use
of the table markup structure for its presentational layout
attributes, such that such use will now be HTML5-valid, provided said
table has a role attribute set to "presentation" [1].
end extract

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