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    Posted: 06 March 2003 at 3:06pm

Any one know what the benefit or downfall is to using the Summary attribute for a table is?

Ex.  <table summary="blah blah">

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Points: 4670 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 March 2003 at 4:12pm
I have never used it and never missed it so I would assume it is just for informational purposes.
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Points: 84 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 March 2003 at 5:05pm

"This attribute provides a summary of the table's purpose and structure for user agents rendering to non-visual media such as speech and Braille." - http://www.w3.org/
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Points: 4670 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 March 2003 at 9:11pm
hm, that is interesting...nice to know.
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Points: 84 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 March 2003 at 10:21pm

I wonder what the percentage of sites is that actually use that attribute.?
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Points: 4670 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 March 2003 at 11:18pm
Well one things is that IMHO websites should be designed to be just as accessible for physically and mentally challenged people so I think it is a good idea to do things like that. See, this is one of the disadvanteage of using flash or java buttons, they are hard to follow for brille readers etc....
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Points: 1319 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 March 2003 at 11:51pm

a Table summary attribute? Isn't plain text and alt tags good enough? How would they see this? wouldn't it just confuse the reader?
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Points: 84 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 March 2003 at 8:44am
I think a summary attribute would be applicable when you have a table filled with data.  It would provide a description of what the table and it's data are about.  I'm not sure but I think ALT tags are normally used with image tags.
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